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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

  • 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)

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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