ΤΑΙΣΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΑΙΣ, ταισμεταλλειαις
TAISMETALLEIAIS, taismetalleiais
Sounds Like: tah-ees-meh-tal-LEH-ee-ah-ees
Translations: to the mines, for the mines, to mining operations, for mining operations
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to mines or mining operations. As a dative plural, it indicates the indirect object of an action, meaning 'to' or 'for' the mines or mining operations. It describes the location or purpose related to mining activities.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 19:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΑ — mining, a mine, metal-working, metallurgy
- ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΑΝ — mining, a mine, a quarry
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