ΥΠΟΠΡΗΣΑΣ, υποπρησας
YPOPRĒSAS, ypoprēsas
Sounds Like: hoo-pop-PREE-sas
Translations: having set fire to, having burned, having kindled
From the root: ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, masculine, singular, nominative, derived from the verb meaning 'to set fire to' or 'to burn underneath'. It describes an action completed in the past by the subject, often indicating a preceding action to the main verb in the sentence. It implies setting something on fire from below or secretly.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist Active Participle
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 12:311
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΑΝΑΙΤΑΣ — to set on fire underneath, to burn down, to burn up
- ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΑΝΤΑΣ — burning underneath, setting on fire, igniting, setting ablaze
- ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΑΣΙ — set on fire, burn, set fire to, burn down
- ΥΠΟΠΙΜΠΡΑΣΙΤΟ — to set on fire, to burn, to kindle, to ignite
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