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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

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

  • ἔπιδε ἐπὶ Ἁβραὰμ σπέρμα, ἐπὶ ἡγιασμένου τέκνα Ἰακώβ, μερίδοσ ἡγιασμένησ σου λαὸν ἐν ξένῃ γῇ ξένον ἀδίκωσ ἀπολλύμενον, πάτερ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:3)
  • καὶ ὁ μὲν λαόσ σου παράδοξον ὁδοιπορίαν περάσῃ, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ξένον εὕρωσι θάνατον. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 19:5)
  • ὁ ἀποστέλλων ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὅμηρα καὶ ἐπιστολὰσ βιβλίνασ ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατοσ. πορεύσονται γὰρ ἄγγελοι κοῦφοι πρὸσ ἔθνοσ μετέωρον καὶ ξένον λαὸν καὶ χαλεπόν, τίσ αὐτοῦ ἐπέκεινα̣ ἔθνοσ ἀνέλπιστον καὶ καταπεπατημένον. νῦν οἱ ποταμοὶ τῆσ γῆς (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 18:2)
  • καὶ μικροῦ ὁ νεανίασ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ τὴν Χίμαιραν συμπλοκῇ διεφθάρη ἐπιτίμιον σωφροσύνησ ὑποσχὼν καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ τὸν ξένον αἰδοῦσ ὑπὸ μάχλου γυναικὸσ ἐπιβεβουλευμένοσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 26:3)
  • οὐ φέρει ὁ Λυδόσ, ὦ Χάρων, τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῶν λόγων, ἀλλὰ ξένον αὐτῷ δοκεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, πένησ ἄνθρωποσ οὐχ ὑποπτήσσων, τὸ δὲ παριστάμενον ἐλευθέρωσ λέγων. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. stranger

  2. foreigner

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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