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ξένη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξένη

Structure: ξεν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of ce/nos

Sense

  1. a female guest: a foreign woman
  2. a foreign country

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ξένη ξένᾱ ξέναι
Genitive ξένης ξέναιν ξενῶν
Dative ξένῃ ξέναιν ξέναις
Accusative ξένην ξένᾱ ξένᾱς
Vocative ξένη ξένᾱ ξέναι

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

  • οἶκτοσ γὰρ οὐ ταῦτ’, ἀλλὰ χαίρετ’, ὦ ξέναι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric2)
  • οὐ θέμισ, ὦ ξέναι. (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 23)
  • ὑμεῖσ τε σιγήν, ὦ ξέναι, φυλάσσετε. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 4:30)
  • ὦ τέκνον, ὦ ξέναι, οἲ ’γὼ θανάτου <τοῦ> σοῦ μελέα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, lyric1)
  • ξέναι γυναῖκεσ, εἴπατ’, ἐκ ποίασ πάτρασ Ἑλληνικοῖσι δώμασιν πελάζετε; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode12)

Synonyms

  1. a female guest

  2. a foreign country

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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