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ἀποξένωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποξένωσις

Structure: ἀποξενωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)poceno/w

Sense

  1. a living abroad

Declension

Third declension

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

  • "κἀμὲ δὲ ὥσπερ εὑρήματοσ εὐσεβοῦσ δέξαι κοινωνόν, ὡσ μὴ κατὰ πάντα μέμφωμαι τὴν ἀποξένωσιν, ἀντὶ πολλῶν ἀνιαρῶν τοῦτο γοῦν εὑράμενοσ, ἅψασθαι καὶ περιστεῖλαι ταῖσ ἐμαῖσ χερσὶ τὸν μέγιστον αὐτοκράτορα Ῥωμαίων. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 80 3:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι φυτευόμενοσ ἐξίστατο καὶ ἀπηγόρευεν, εὖ γε ποιῶν ὁ γενναῖοσ οὗτοσ, ὅτι Βοιωτίου θεοῦ πελάτησ καὶ παράσιτοσ ὢν οὐκ ἐβούλετο μετοικεῖν ἐν βαρβάροισ, οὐδ’ Ἀλέξανδρον ἐζήλωσεν ἐξοικειούμενον ἐκείνοισ τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἔφευγε καὶ διεμάχετο πρὸσ τὴν ἀποξένωσιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 6:19)

Synonyms

  1. a living abroad

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

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