ΠΤΥΞΑΝΤΑ, πτυξαντα
PTYXANTA, ptyxanta
Sounds Like: PTY-xan-ta
Translations: having folded, folding, who folded, him who folded
From the root: ΠΤΥΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'πτύσσω' (ptyssō), meaning 'to fold' or 'to roll up'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action performed by the subject. In this form, it indicates an action completed in the past relative to the main verb, often translated as 'having folded' or 'who folded'. It can modify a noun or pronoun in the accusative case.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4428 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 6:171
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΥΣΣΩ.
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.
- ΠΤΥΞΑΣ — folding, having folded, rolling up, having rolled up, wrapping, having wrapped
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