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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ξεναγός ξεναγώ ξεναγοί
Genitive ξεναγοῦ ξεναγοῖν ξεναγῶν
Dative ξεναγῷ ξεναγοῖν ξεναγοῖς
Accusative ξεναγόν ξεναγώ ξεναγούς
Vocative ξεναγέ ξεναγώ ξεναγοί

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

  • ὧν ὁ μὲν ἐκπεπτωκότα Συρακουσῶν ἐθεράπευε Διονύσιον, Κάλλιπποσ δὲ εἷσ ἦν τῶν περὶ Δίωνα ξεναγῶν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 3:2)
  • ἔχοντοσ γὰρ αὐτοῦ θυγατέρα καλὴν ὄνομα Μίκκαν ἐπεχείρησέ τισ τῶν περὶ τὸν τύραννον ξεναγῶν ὄνομα Λεύκιοσ ὕβρει μᾶλλον ἢ ἔρωτι συγγενέσθαι· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
  • ἔχοντοσ γὰρ αὐτοῦ θυγατέρα καλὴν ὄνομα Μίκκαν ἐπεχείρησέ τισ τῶν περὶ τὸν τύραννον ξεναγῶν ὄνομα Λεύκιοσ ὕβρει μᾶλλον ἢ ἔρωτι συγγενέσθαι· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 2:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅθεν ἀρξάμενοσ ξεναγῶν ἤδη καί τινων ἄρχων στρατιωτῶν κακῶσ ὑμᾶσ ἐποίει, ταῦτ’ ἀκούσατέ μου. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 207:4)
  • πεῖραί τε τούτων τῶν ξεναγῶν ἦσαν ἐσ ἀλλήλουσ βραχύτεραι καὶ μείζουσ καὶ ἐνέδραι πολλάκισ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 3 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops

  2. a stranger's guide

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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