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arthrous

arthrous adjective: of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.

Adjective

arthrous (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
    • We have concluded that Paul does not distinguish between the arthrous and anarthrous use of nomos.1989, Brice L. Martin, Christ and the Law in Paul, Brill Archive, →ISBN, page 68
  2. Specifically, of a term or phrase, used with or headed by a grammatical article.
    • One thing to understand is that Biblical Greek grammarians have simply found the phrase “predicate position” a convenient label to describe the word structure of
      demonstrative + arthrous noun (with article) or
      arthrous noun + demonstrative2006, Gary A. Long, Grammatical Concepts 101 for Biblical Greek: Learning Biblical Greek Grammatical Concepts Through English Grammar, Hendrickson Publishers, →ISBN, page 148

Origin of arthrous

From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”) + -ous.

Words formed from arthrous

Questions about arthrous

What does arthrous mean?
Arthrous means of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
What part of speech is arthrous?
Arthrous is an adjective.

Words near arthrous in the dictionary

  1. arthrotomes
  2. arthrotomic
  3. arthrotomies
  4. arthrotomy
  5. arthrotropic
  6. arthrous
  7. arthrously
  8. Arths
  9. Arthur
  10. Arthur County
  11. Arthur Daley

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