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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

  • καὶ ἦλθε πάροδοσ τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ πλουσίῳ, καὶ ἐφείσατο λαβεῖν ἐκ τῶν ποιμνίων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν βουκολίων αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι τῷ ξένῳ ὁδοιπόρῳ τῷ ἐλθόντι πρὸσ αὐτὸν καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν ἀμνάδα τοῦ πένητοσ καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὴν τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἐλθόντι πρὸσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 12:4)
  • τοῦτο αὐτὸ καὶ ἄπιστον εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ, τὸ ἀπολιποῦσαν τὸν ἄνδρα ἐθελῆσαι βαρβάρῳ καὶ ξένῳ συνεκπλεῦσαι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 15:3)
  • παρὰ τούτῳ δὴ τῷ ξένῳ τὴν τοῦ Ταῦ τούτου πλεονεξίαν ἐφώρασα· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 7:2)
  • ἱκανὸν δὲ ἡγησάμενοσ εἶναι τῆσ ἀληθείασ βεβαιωτὴν τὸν Ἀθηναῖον Κηφισόδωρον, ὃσ καὶ συνεβίωσεν Ἰσοκράτει καὶ γνησιώτατοσ ἀκουστὴσ ἐγένετο καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν τὴν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ τὴν πάνυ θαυμαστὴν ἐν ταῖσ πρὸσ Ἀριστοτέλην ἀντιγραφαῖσ ἐποιήσατο, πιστεύω γεγράφθαι λόγουσ τινὰσ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ εἰσ δικαστήρια οὐ μέντοι πολλούσ, καὶ χρῶμαι παραδείγματι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἑνί οὐ γὰρ ἐγχωρεῖ πλείοσι τῷ Τραπεζιτικῷ λεγομένῳ, ὃν ἔγραψε ξένῳ τινὶ τῶν μαθητῶν κατὰ Πασίωνοσ τοῦ τραπεζίτου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 18 1:2)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ Τόξαρισ οὐδ̓ ἀπῆλθεν ἔτι ὀπίσω ἐσ Σκύθασ, ἀλλ̓ Ἀθήνησιν ἀπέθανε, καὶ μετ̓ οὐ πολὺ καὶ ἡρ́ωσ ἔδοξε καὶ ἐντέμνουσιν αὐτῷ Ξένῳ Ιἀτρῷ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι· (Lucian, Scytha 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. stranger

  2. foreigner

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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