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ξεναγός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξεναγός ξεναγοῦ

Structure: ξεναγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(ge/omai

Sense

a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops
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

οἳ δὲ καὶ ξεναγίαν τοῦτο ὀνομάζουσι, καὶ ξεναγὸν τὸν τούτου ἡγούμενον. (Arrian, chapter 10 4:2)
ἀλλὰ τὰ νῦν σοι, ὦ ξεναγέ, Παννυχὶσ ἐμή ἐστι, καὶ τάλαντον εἴληφε, λήψεται δὲ ἤδη καὶ ἕτερον, ἐπειδὰν τὰ φορτία διαθώμεθα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 4:13)
Σὺ μέν, ὦ Κράτησ καὶ Ἀντίσθενεσ, τοιούτων ἐτύχετε τῶν ξυνοδοιπόρων, ἐμοὶ δὲ Βλεψίασ τε ὁ δανειστικὸσ ὁ ἐκ Πίσησ καὶ Λάμπισ ὁ Ἀκαρνὰν ξεναγὸσ ὢν καὶ Δᾶμισ ὁ πλούσιοσ ὁ ἐκ Κορίνθου συγκατῄεσαν, ὁ μὲν Δᾶμισ ὑπὸ τοῦ παιδὸσ ἐκ φαρμάκων ἀποθανών, ὁ δὲ Λάμπισ δἰ ἔρωτα Μυρτίου τῆσ ἑταίρασ ἀποσφάξασ ἑαυτόν, ὁ δὲ Βλεψίασ λιμῷ ὁ ἄθλιοσ ἐλέγετο ἀπεσκληκέναι καὶ ἐδήλου δέ γε ὠχρὸσ ἐσ ὑπερβολὴν καὶ λεπτοσ ἐσ τὸ ἀκριβέστατον φαινόμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 12:1)
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)
οὐ γὰρ ἠξίουν ἄνδρα τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἄριστον κεκριμένον καὶ δόξησ ἐμπεπληκότα τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἀποστάτῃ βασιλέωσ, ἀνθρώπῳ βαρβάρῳ, χρῆσαι τὸ σῶμα καὶ τοὔνομα καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἀποδόσθαι χρημάτων, ἔργα μισθοφόρου καὶ ξεναγοῦ διαπραττόμενον. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 36 1:2)
ξεναγὸσ οὗτοσ ὅστισ ἂν θώρακ’ ἔχῃ φολιδωτὸν ἢ δράκοντα σεσιδηρωμένον, ἐφάνη Βριάρεωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 20 1:2)
ὁ δὲ πριάμενοσ ἡγεμὼν τάγματοσ ἢ ξεναγόσ ὄργανα καί μηχανὰσ τοῦ Εὐμένουσ παρέχοντοσ ἐξεπολιόρκει· (Plutarch, chapter 8 5:2)
οὐ γάρ πω τότε ἀφέστασαν ‐ ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐπεὶ ὁ ξεναγὸσ τοὺσ προδιαβεβῶτασ λαβὼν ἀπολιπὼν αὐτοὺσ ᾤχετο, οὐδ’ ὣσ ἀπεστράφησαν, ἀλλ’ ἡγεμόνα μισθωσάμενοι ἐκ Πρασιῶν, ὄντων τῶν πολεμίων περὶ Ἀμύκλασ, ὅπωσ ἐδύναντο διαδύντεσ εἰσ Σπάρτην ἀφίκοντο. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 4:1)

Synonyms

a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops
- ἐπικουρία (an auxiliary or mercenary force)
- εἰλάρχης (a commander of a troop of horse)
- ἰλάρχης (the commander of a troop of horse)
a stranger's guide
- ξένος (stranger)
- ἀφηγητήρ (a guide)
- ἡγεμών ( guide)
- ἡγητήρ (a guide)
- ὁδηγός (a guide)

δημάρατος (prayed for by the people)
ἄρακος (wild chickling vetch)
φιλόγελως (laughter-loving)
διαλανθάνω (to escape notice)
ταξιάρχης ()
αἰτητικός (fond of asking)
συνώμοτος (leagued by oath)
ἔκκλητος (selected to judge or arbitrate)
μισθοφορία (service as a mercenary)
ναυαρχία (the command of a fleet)
Κύρειος (of Cyrus)
χρυσόγονος (born or begotten of gold)
ἀπόμισθος (away from)
Μεγαρεύς (an inhabitant of Megara)
οἰωνοσκόπος ()
ἀλκίμαχος (bravely fighting)
διαγράφω (to mark out by lines)
Πυθόνικος ()
συνύπατος (a colleague in the consulship)
πολύκληρος (of a large lot)
ἐξάγγελος (a messenger who brings out news)
ἀντιγραφεύς (a check-clerk)
γρῦλος (a pig)
Βοιωταρχία (the office of Boeotarch)
ἀστεφάνωτος (uncrowned)
τριγονία (the third generation)
Ἁλικαρνασσεύς (an inhabitant of Halicarnassus or Petronium or Bodrum)
μισθοφόρος (receiving wages or pay)
μισθοφορά (receipt of wages or wages received)
ἰατρεῖον (a surgery)

Similar forms

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

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ξεναγός

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a stranger's guide

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a commander of auxiliary or mercenary troops

a stranger's guide

Related

Similar forms

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