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ξένος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξένος ξένου

Structure: ξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of parties giving or receiving hospitality: host and much more commonly guest
  2. stranger
  3. one who is hired: hired worker, mercenary
  4. foreigner

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ξένος ξένω ξένοι
Genitive ξένου ξένοιν ξένων
Dative ξένῳ ξένοιν ξένοις
Accusative ξένον ξένω ξένους
Vocative ξένε ξένω ξένοι

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

  • ὡσ ἂν εἰσέλθητε εἰσ τὴν πόλιν, οὕτωσ εὑρήσετε αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ πόλει πρὶν ἀναβῆναι αὐτὸν εἰσ Βαμᾶ τοῦ φαγεῖν. ὅτι οὐ μὴ φάγῃ ὁ λαὸσ ἕωσ τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτόν, ὅτι οὗτοσ εὐλογεῖ τὴν θυσίαν, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐσθίουσιν οἱ ξένοι. καὶ νῦν ἀνάβητε, ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἡμέραν εὑρήσετε αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 9:13)
  • αὐτοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν οὑπὶ Ληναίῳ τ’ ἀγών, κοὔπω ξένοι πάρεισιν· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:5)
  • ξένοι τινὲσ παρ’ οἶκον οἵδ’ ἐφεστίουσ εὐνὰσ ἔχοντεσ ἐξανίστανται λόχου· (Euripides, episode3)
  • οἵδε γὰρ ξένοι ἥκουσ’ Ὀρέστου πρόσ με κήρυκεσ λόγων. (Euripides, episode 4:8)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ ξένοι, σύγγνωτε τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ. (Euripides, episode 4:9)

Synonyms

  1. stranger

  2. foreigner

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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