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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

  • ἑαυτὸν δὲ λιτῶσ καὶ σωφρόνωσ ἐκ τῶν τυχόντων διῴκει, θαυμαζόμενοσ ὅτι, μὴ μόνον Σικελίασ τε καὶ Καρχηδόνοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ὅλησ ἀποβλεπούσησ πρὸσ αὐτὸν εὐημεροῦντα, καὶ μηδὲν οὕτω μέγα τῶν τότε νομιζόντων, μηδ’ ἐπιφανεστέρασ περὶ ἄλλον ἡγεμόνα τόλμησ καὶ τύχησ γεγονέναι δοκούσησ, οὕτω παρεῖχεν ἑαυτὸν ἐσθῆτι καὶ θεραπείᾳ καὶ τραπέζῃ μέτριον, ὥσπερ ἐν Ἀκαδημείᾳ συσσιτῶν μετὰ Πλάτωνοσ, οὐκ ἐν ξεναγοῖσ καὶ μισθοφόροισ διαιτώμενοσ, οἷσ αἱ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν πλησμοναὶ καὶ ἀπολαύσεισ παραμυθία τῶν πόνων καὶ τῶν κινδύνων εἰσίν. (Plutarch, Dion, chapter 52 2:1)

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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