Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • μολῦναι δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοισ νεὼν καὶ προσονομάσαι Διὸσ Ὀλυμπίου καὶ τὸν ἐν Γαριζίν, καθὼσ ἐτύγχανον οἱ τὸν τόπον οἰκοῦντεσ, Διὸσ Ξενίου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:2)
  • τοιγὰρ ἀοίδιμον ἔργοισ ἀθάνατὸν τέ μιν αὐξήσουσι Μοῦσαι, Μνημοσύνησ θύγατρεσ,21 Διὸσ ξενίου σέβασ αὔξουσαι φιλίασ τε γέρασ βεβαίου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 516)
  • "ἦσαν δὲ καὶ ξενικοὶ θᾶκοι καὶ τράπεζα τρίτη δεξιᾶσ εἰσιόντων εἰσ τὰ ἀνδρεῖα, ἣν Ξενίου τε Διὸσ ξενίαν τε προσηγόρευον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 22 2:6)
  • ἐλθών τε ἐμαυτὸν ἠλευθέρωσα Διὸσ ξενίου καὶ τῆσ φιλοσόφου ἀνέγκλητον μοίρασ παρέσχον, ἐπονειδίστου γενομένησ ἄν, εἴ τι καταμαλθακισθεὶσ καὶ ἀποδειλιῶν αἰσχύνησ μετέσχον κακῆσ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 38:1)
  • Ζεὺσ δ’ ἐφορεύοι ξένιοσ ξενίου στόματοσ τιμὰσ ἐπ’ ἀληθείᾳ, τέρμον’ ἄμεμπτον προσαπαντᾶν. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, anapests2)

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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