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ξενισμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξενισμός ξενισμοῦ

Structure: ξενισμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = ce/nisis, Plat.

Sense

Declension

Second 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

  • οὐκ ὀλίγα δὲ καὶ ἡ Λακεδαίμων τοιαῦτα παρέχεται, τὸν Υἅκινθον καὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἀντεραστὴν Ζέφυρον καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ τῷ δίσκῳ τοῦ μειρακίου σφαγὴν καὶ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματοσ ἄνθοσ καὶ τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ αἰάζουσαν ἐπιγραφήν, καὶ τὴν Τυνδάρεω ἀνάστασιν καὶ τὴν Διὸσ ἐπὶ τούτῳ κατ’ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ὀργὴν ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὸν Πάριδοσ ξενισμὸν καὶ τὴν Ἑλένησ ἁρπαγὴν μετὰ τὴν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 45:1)
  • τὸν γὰρ τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ ξενισμὸν πρῴην ἡμῖν ἐν ποιήματί τινι διῄει, ὡσ διὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ συγγένειαν ὁ πρόγονοσ αὐτῶν ὑποδέξαιτο τὸν Ἡρακλέα, γεγονὼσ αὐτὸσ ἐκ Διόσ τε καὶ τῆσ τοῦ δήμου ἀρχηγέτου θυγατρόσ, ἅπερ αἱ γραῖαι ᾄδουσι, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ τοιαῦτα, ὦ Σώκρατεσ· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 40:2)
  • διὰ δὲ σπάνιν ἢ ξενισμὸν ἢ κόρον τοὺσ μὲν ἥδεσθαι, τοὺσ δ’ ἀηδῶσ ἔχειν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. h'. ARISTIPPOS 30:5)
  • εἰ δέ τισ τῶν ἀναγινωσκόντεν διὰ τὸν ξενισμὸν καὶ τὸ παράδοξον τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων βίων ἀπιστήσει ταῖσ ἱστορίαισ, θεὶσ πρὸ τῆσ διανοίασ παρ’ ἄλληλα τόν τε περὶ τὴν Σκυθίαν ἀέρα καὶ τὸν περὶ τὴν Τρωγλοδυτικήν, καὶ τὰσ ἑκατέρων διαφορὰσ ἰδών, οὐκ ἀπιστήσει τοῖσ ἱστορημένοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 33 7:2)
  • παραπλησίωσ καὶ τὴν γεῦσιν εὑρ́οι τισ ἂν οὐδὲ τοῖσ πολυτελεστάτοισ βρώμασιν ἐπιμένειν δυναμένην, ἀλλὰ σικχαίνουσαν καὶ χαίρουσαν ταῖσ μεταβολαῖσ καὶ προσηνεστέρωσ ἀποδεχομένην πολλάκισ καὶ τὰ λιτὰ τῶν ἐδεσμάτων ἢ τὰ πολυτελῆ διὰ τὸν ξενισμόν. (Polybius, Histories, book 38, chapter 5 7:1)

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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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