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ξένιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξένιος ξένιᾱ ξένιον

Structure: ξενι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. belonging to a friend and guest, hospitable, protector of the rights of hospitality, the guests', bound, by ties of hospitality
  2. friendly gifts, meat and drink, as a friendly gift, to eat with you
  3. foreign

Examples

  • ἐπιστάμενον δ’ οἱο͂ν τὸ ἁμαρτόντα πρᾶξαι κακῶσ, πολλοῖσ συγγενόμενοσ καὶ πλείστων πειραθείσ, ἀφ’ ὧν ἐμοὶ ξενίαι καὶ φιλότητεσ πρὸσ πολλοὺσ καὶ βασιλέασ καὶ πόλεισ καὶ ἄλλουσ ἰδίᾳ ξένουσ γεγένηνται, ὧν ἐμὲ σῴσαντεσ μεθέξετε, καὶ ἔσται ὑμῖν χρῆσθαι τούτοισ, ὅπου ἂν ἐν καιρῷ τι ὑμῖν γίγνηται. (Andocides, Speeches, 232:1)

Synonyms

  1. foreign

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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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