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

  • Λιβύησ τ’ ἐρήμουσ ἀξένουσ τ’ ἐπιδρομὰσ πέπλευκα πάσασ· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue5)
  • ἅτε γὰρ ἀξένουσ καὶ ἀγρίουσ ὄντασ αὐτοὺσ ἔχθρᾳ μὲν ἀεὶ συνεῖναι καὶ ὀργῇ καὶ θυμῷ, φιλίαν δὲ μηδὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ οἰκειοτάτουσ ἐπαναιρεῖσθαι, τεκμαιρόμενοσ τοῖσ τε ἄλλοισ ἃ περὶ αὐτῶν ἀκούομεν καὶ ὅτι κατεσθίουσι τοὺσ πατέρασ ἀποθανόντασ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 8:5)
  • καὶ γὰρ τὸν Αἰόλον δυναστεῦσαί φασι τῶν περὶ τὴν Λιπάραν νήσων καὶ τῶν περὶ τὴν Αἴτνην καὶ Λεοντίνην Κύκλωπασ καὶ Λαιστρυγόνασ ἀξένουσ τινάσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 18:10)

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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