ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΝΤΕΣ, προκατασταντες
PROKATASTANTES, prokatastantes
Sounds Like: pro-ka-tas-TAN-tes
Translations: having been established beforehand, having been appointed beforehand, having been set in place beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and the verb 'καθίστημι' (kathistēmi), meaning 'to set down', 'to establish', or 'to appoint'. As a participle, it describes an action that has already occurred, indicating that someone or something was established, appointed, or set in place prior to a main event. It implies a pre-arrangement or pre-positioning.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 8:285
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ — to set before, to appoint, to establish, to place in front, to put in charge
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having established beforehand, having appointed beforehand, having set up beforehand, having prepared beforehand
- ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to establish beforehand, to restore, to appoint, to set up, to put in place
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