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ξενίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξενίᾱ ξενίας

Structure: ξενι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ce/nos

Sense

  1. hospitality, hospitable reception, entertainment
  2. guest room
  3. friendly relations
  4. the state/rights of a foreigner
  5. the idea that all strangers have a right to a certain gift, whether it is food, gold, entertainment or a place to stay

Declension

First 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

  • μῶν δ’ οὖν κἀμὲ ξενίασ διώκεισ ; (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 6:9)
  • κατὰ Πυθέου ξενίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 108)
  • κατ’ Ἀγασικλέουσ εἰσαγγελία ξενίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 10 1:15)
  • ἕκαστοσ γοῦν τῶν γεγηρακότων καὶ σπεύδει καὶ εὔχεται καταλῦσαι τὸν βίον ἐπὶ τῆσ πατρίδοσ, ἵν’, ὅθεν ἤρξατο βιοῦν, ἐνταῦθα πάλιν καὶ τὸ σῶμα παρακατάθηται τῇ γῇ τῇ θρεψαμένῃ καὶ τῶν πατρῴων κοινωνήσῃ τάφων δεινὸν γὰρ ἑκάστῳ δοκεῖ ξενίασ ἁλίσκεσθαι καὶ μετὰ θάνατον, ἐν ἀλλοτρίᾳ κειμένῳ γῇ. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 9:3)
  • εἰ δὲ τοὔμπαλιν, σύ μοι γενοῦ τιμωρὸσ ἀνδρόσ, ἀνοσιωτάτου ξένου, ὃσ οὔτε τοὺσ γῆσ νέρθεν οὔτε τοὺσ ἄνω δείσασ δέδρακεν ἔργον ἀνοσιώτατον, κοινῆσ τραπέζησ πολλάκισ τυχὼν ἐμοί, ξενίασ τ’ ἀριθμῷ πρῶτ’ ἔχων ἐμῶν φίλων, τυχὼν δ’ ὅσων δεῖ ‐ . (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 1:27)

Synonyms

  1. hospitality

  2. guest room

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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