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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

  • ἀντὶ γὰρ χρηστῶν λόγων ξενίων κυρήσεθ’, οἷ’ ἐμὸσ κεύθει δόμοσ. (Euripides, episode 4:22)
  • ὁ δὲ οὐ πρότερον ἔφη ἐρεῖν οὐδὲ πεύσεσθαι παρ’ ἡμῶν, πρὶν ξενίων τῶν παρόντων μεταδοῦναι, καὶ λαβὼν ἡμᾶσ ἦγεν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ‐ ἐπεποίητο δὲ αὐτάρκη καὶ στιβάδασ ἐνῳκοδόμητο καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἐξήρτιστο ‐ παραθεὶσ δὲ ἡμῖν λάχανά τε καὶ ἀκρόδρυα καὶ ἰχθῦσ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ οἶνον ἐγχέασ, ἐπειδὴ ἱκανῶσ ἐκορέσθημεν, ἐπυνθάνετο ἃ πεπόνθοιμεν· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 33:11)
  • ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὸν τὴν ἀτοπίαν ἐθαύμασαν, ὅτε ξενίων προσκομισθέντων καὶ προσαχθέντων ἄλευρα μὲν καὶ μόσχουσ καὶ χῆνασ ἔλαβε, τραγήματα δὲ καὶ πέμματα καὶ μύρα διωθεῖτο, καὶ βιαζομένων λαβεῖν καὶ λιπαρούντων ἐκέλευσε τοῖσ εἵλωσι διδόναι κομίζοντασ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 36 6:1)
  • ἔπειτα ἔκ τινοσ ἔθουσ βασιλικοῦ τοῖσ μέλλουσιν ἐξ εἱρκτῆσ ἀπολύεσθαι δείπνου τε πεμπομένου καὶ ξενίων, οἱ φίλοι πολλὰ τοιαῦτα τῷ Κλεομένει παρασκευάσαντεσ ἔξωθεν εἰσέπεμψαν, ἐξαπατῶντεσ τοὺσ φύλακασ οἰομένουσ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀπεστάλθαι. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 37 1:2)
  • εἰ δ’ οὐκ ἦν ἀληθὴσ ὁ ὕπνοσ, ἀλλ’ αἰδούμενοσ μὲν ἀποπέμψαι τοὺσ Φαίακασ ἄνευ ξενίων καὶ φιλοφροσύνησ, μὴ δυνάμενοσ δὲ τοὺσ ἐχθροὺσ λαθεῖν ἐκείνων συμπαρόντων ἐχρήσατο τῆσ ἀπορίασ παρακαλύμματι, κοιμωμένῳ ποιήσασ ὅμοιον ἑαυτόν, ἀποδέχονται. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 8 37:1)

Synonyms

  1. hospitality

  2. guest room

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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