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

  • οὐκ ἔδει τοῦτο εὐθύσ, ἀλλ̓ ἐκεῖνα, ὅτι μὲν ἐσώθητε, πολλὴ χάρισ τοῖσ θεοῖσ, καὶ μάλιστα τῷ ξενίῳ Διὶ καὶ Ἀθηνᾷ στρατίᾳ· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:5)
  • καὶ παρέτρεψεν εἰσ δεινὰσ καὶ ἀλλοκότουσ ἐπιφοράσ, πράξεων ἀτόπων καὶ σὺν αἰσχύνῃ παθῶν ὀλεθρίων ὀρεγόμενον, ὥστε τὸν θάνατον αὐτῷ, καίπερ ὄντι νέῳ καὶ ἀνθοῦντι, μὴ συμφοράν, ἀλλ’ ἀπόλυσιν κακῶν καὶ σωτηρίαν γενέσθαι, δίκασ γε μὴν ὁ Φίλιπποσ οὐ μεμπτὰσ Διὶ ξενίῳ καὶ φιλίῳ τῆσ ἀνοσιουργίασ ταύτησ τίνων διετέλεσε, καταπολεμηθεὶσ μὲν γὰρ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐπέτρεψεν ἐκείνοισ τὰ καθ’ αὑτόν, ἐκπεσὼν δὲ τῆσ ἄλλησ ἀρχῆσ καὶ τὰσ ναῦσ; (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 54 1:3)
  • ὁ δυνάμενοσ οὖν τιμωρεῖν μᾶλλον βοηθεῖ προθυμότερον, δύναται δὲ διαφερόντωσ ὁ ξένιοσ ἑκάστων δαίμων καὶ θεὸσ τῷ ξενίῳ συνεπόμενοι Διί. (Plato, Laws, book 5 21:3)

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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