Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄξενος ἄξενη ἄξενον

Structure: ἀξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inhospitable

Examples

  • πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη, καὶ ἄξενοι καὶ τὰσ μορφὰσ ἀλλόκοτοι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 35:3)
  • ἄξενοι γὰρ παντελῶσ οἱ τόποι καὶ σπανίουσ ἔχοντεσ τοὺσ ναυσὶ διακομιζομένουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 5:4)

Synonyms

  1. inhospitable

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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