ΠΡΟΣΗΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ, προσηνεστατον
PROSĒNESTATON, prosēnestaton
Sounds Like: pro-say-NES-tah-ton
Translations: most gentle, most mild, most agreeable, most pleasant, a most gentle, a most mild, a most agreeable, a most pleasant
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΗΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'prosēnēs', meaning 'gentle' or 'mild'. As a superlative, it indicates the highest degree of these qualities, thus meaning 'most gentle' or 'most mild'. It describes something or someone that is exceedingly agreeable, pleasant, or kind in disposition or nature. It would be used to qualify a noun, indicating that the noun possesses these qualities to the greatest extent.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Superlative
Strong’s number: G4375 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:33
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΗΝΗΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΗΝΕΣΤΕΡΑ — more gentle, more mild, more agreeable, more pleasant
- ΠΡΟΣΗΝΩΣ — gently, mildly, kindly, graciously
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