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ἄξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄξενος ἄξενη ἄξενον

Structure: ἀξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inhospitable

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ξενος ἄξένη ά̓ξενον
Genitive ἀξένου ἄξένης ἀξένου
Dative ἀξένῳ ἄξένῃ ἀξένῳ
Accusative ά̓ξενον ἄξένην ά̓ξενον
Vocative ά̓ξενε ἄξένη ά̓ξενον
DualN/A/V ἀξένω ἄξένᾱ ἀξένω
G/D ἀξένοιν ἄξέναιν ἀξένοιν
PluralNominative ά̓ξενοι ά̓́ξεναι ά̓ξενα
Genitive ἀξένων ἄξενῶν ἀξένων
Dative ἀξένοις ἄξέναις ἀξένοις
Accusative ἀξένους ἄξένᾱς ά̓ξενα
Vocative ά̓ξενοι ά̓́ξεναι ά̓ξενα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ξενος ἀξένου ἀξενότερος ἀξενοτέρου ἀξενότατος ἀξενοτάτου
Adverb ἀξένως ἀξενότερον ἀξενότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἥκω δὲ πεισθεὶσ σοῖσ λόγοισιν ἐνθάδε ἄγνωστον ἐσ γῆν, ἄξενον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 6:1)
  • θαυμάστ’ ἔλεξασ τὸν μανένθ’, ὅστισ ποτὲ Ἕλληνοσ ἐκ γῆσ πόντον ἦλθεν ἄξενον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 5:10)
  • ἔχομεν γὰρ ὧνπερ οὕνεκ’ ἄξενον πόρον Συμπληγάδων ἔσωθεν εἰσεπλεύσαμεν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 5:11)
  • ὡσ οὐκ ἔξεδροσ, ἀλλ’ ἔντοποσ ἁνήρ, οὐ μολπὰν σύριγγοσ ἔχων, ὡσ ποιμὴν ἀγροβότασ, ἀλλ’ ἤ που πταίων ὑπ’ ἀνάγκασ βοᾷ τηλωπὸν ἰωάν, ἢ ναὸσ ἄξενον αὐγάζων ὁρ́μον· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, antistrophe 33)
  • Ἡρακλέην δ’ ἡρ́ωεσ ἐκερτόμεον λιποναύταν, οὕνεκεν ἠρώησε τριακοντάζυγον Ἀργώ, πεζᾷ δ’ ἐσ Κόλχουσ τε καὶ ἄξενον ἵκετο Φᾶσιν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 30)

Synonyms

  1. inhospitable

Related

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

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