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ξεναγός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξεναγός ξεναγοῦ

Structure: ξεναγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(ge/omai

Sense

  1. a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops
  2. a stranger's guide

Declension

Second 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

  • οἱούσ πολλοὺσ ἰδεῖν ἔστι τῶν οἰομένων εἶναι μακαρίων, ξεναγούσ τινασ καὶ δημαγωγοὺσ καὶ σοφιστάσ, ἐν θεάτροισ καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ μαθηταῖσ καὶ κατὰ σκηνὰσ ἐντὸσ στρατοπέδου μεγαλαυχουμένουσ, ὅταν τύχωσιν ὑποπιόντεσ τῆσ μεσημβρίασ, Τρώων ἀνθ̓ ἑκατόν τε διηκοσίων τε ἕκαστοσ στήσεσθαι· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, speech 60 47:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Παυσανίασ, ἐπεὶ τὰ διαβατήρια ἐγένετο αὐτῷ, καθεζόμενοσ ἐν Τεγέᾳ τούσ τε ξεναγοὺσ διέπεμπε καὶ τοὺσ ἐκ τῶν περιοικίδων στρατιώτασ περιέμενεν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 5 9:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ὡσ ἤκουσεν, εὐθύσ τε ἐκ τῆσ ἕδρασ ἀνεπήδησε καὶ τὸ δόρυ ἔλαβε καὶ πολεμάρχουσ καὶ πεντηκοντῆρασ καὶ ξεναγοὺσ καλεῖν τὸν κήρυκα ἐκέλευεν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 5 8:3)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐγένετο τὰ διαβατήρια, ἀφικόμενοσ εἰσ τὴν Τεγέαν διέπεμπε τῶν μὲν ἱππέων κατὰ τοὺσ περιοίκουσ ἐπισπεύσοντασ, διέπεμπε δὲ καὶ ξεναγοὺσ εἰσ τὰσ πόλεισ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 42:2)

Synonyms

  1. a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops

  2. a stranger's guide

Related

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

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