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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

  • οἱ μὲν οὖν χρημάτων ἢ γένουσ ἐπιτυχόντεσ ἢ τινοσ τῶν τοιούτων ἢ σώματοσ εὐτονίασ ἢ λαλιὰν γοῦν περιποιησάμενοι, καθάπερ ἐπτερωμένοι μόνον οὐ κατ̓ ἄστρων φέρονται, δημαγωγοί τε καὶ ξεναγοὶ καὶ σοφισταὶ λεγόμενοι, δήμουσ καὶ σατράπασ καὶ μαθητὰσ θηρεύοντεσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 20:1)
  • ξεναγοὶ γὰρ καὶ σοφισταὶ καὶ δημαγωγοί· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 153:3)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ συνετάχθησαν ὡσ ἑκάστουσ οἱ ξεναγοὶ ἔταξαν, παρηγγύησαν μὲν ἀκολουθεῖν τῷ ἡγουμένῳ, ἦγον δὲ καὶ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιά, καὶ οὕτω πολὺ ὑπερέτεινον τὸ κέρασ, ὥστε τῶν Ἀθηναίων αἱ μὲν ἓξ φυλαὶ κατὰ τοὺσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ ἐγένοντο, αἱ δὲ τέτταρεσ κατὰ Τεγεάτασ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 23:4)

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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