ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΝΕΥΣΑΣ, προειρηνευσας
PROEIRĒNEUSAS, proeirēneusas
Sounds Like: proh-ee-ray-NEV-sas
Translations: having made peace beforehand, having pacified in advance, having brought peace beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΝΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix "προ-" (before, in advance) and the verb "εἰρηνεύω" (to make peace, to be at peace). It describes the action of having established peace or having pacified a situation in advance of something else. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb to indicate that the action of making peace occurred prior to the main action of the sentence.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΝΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΕΙΡΗΝΕΥΩ — to make peace beforehand, to reconcile beforehand
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