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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

  • Ὦ πάτερ, οἱᾶ πέπονθα ὑπὸ τοῦ καταράτου ξένου, ὃσ μεθύσασ ἐξετύφλωσέ με κοιμωμένῳ ἐπιχειρήσασ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, cyclops and poseidwn, chapter 11)
  • ἔστι δὴ καὶ παρὰ τῷ Λυσίᾳ τισ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸσ ξένου δίκην φεύγοντοσ περὶ κλήρου ποιούμενοσ τὴν ἀπολογίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 61)
  • ἐν ᾧ τὴν αἰτίαν πρώτωσ ἐπιδείκνυσιν ὁ περὶ τοῦ ξένου ποιούμενοσ τοὺσ λόγουσ ὥσπερ ὁ τὸν μέτοικον ἐξαιρούμενοσ εἰσ ἐλευθερίαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 63)
  • καὶ εὖ ἴσθι ὡσ οὐκ αἰσχυνεῖται ἡ Ἀθηναίων πόλισ παρὰ βαρβάρου καὶ ξένου τὰ συμφέροντα ἐκμανθάνοντεσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 17:8)
  • καὶ εἴ γε μὴ οὕτω φρονοίην, ἄξιοσ ἄν μοι δοκῶ ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν κείρεσθαι, οὐ συνιεὶσ ὡσ πολὺ ἀμορφότερα τὰ μετὰ τοῦ ξένου ταὐτὸ πεπονθότα. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. stranger

  2. foreigner

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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