ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑΙΣ, πολυτελειαις
POLYTELEIAIS, polyteleiais
Sounds Like: po-ly-TE-li-ais
Translations: (by) costliness, (by) extravagance, (by) splendor, (by) luxury
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being very costly, expensive, or luxurious. It can also denote extravagance, splendor, or magnificence. In a sentence, it would describe something characterized by great expense or elaborate display, often in a negative sense implying excessive spending or showiness, but sometimes positively for grandeur.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 3:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑ — costliness, extravagance, splendor, luxury, magnificence, a costliness, an extravagance, a splendor, a luxury, a magnificence
- ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑΙ — costliness, extravagance, luxury, splendor, a costliness, an extravagance
- ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑΝ — costliness, expense, extravagance, splendor, magnificence, a costliness, an expense, an extravagance, a splendor, a magnificence
- ΠΟΛΥΤΕΛΕΙΑΣ — of great expense, of costliness, of extravagance, of luxury, of splendor, of magnificence
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