ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΑΙ, πρωταγωνισται
PRŌTAGŌNISTAI, prōtagōnistai
Sounds Like: pro-tah-goh-nis-TAI
Translations: protagonists, chief actors, principal characters
From the root: ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the chief actors or principal characters in a drama, story, or real-life event. It is a compound word formed from 'πρῶτος' (first) and 'ἀγωνιστής' (contestant, actor). It is used to denote the most important or central figures.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 9:11
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 9:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ — protagonist, a protagonist, chief actor, principal character, leader
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