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ξένος?

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration: xenos

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 εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς Ἐθθὶ τὸν Γεθθαῖον. ἱνατί πορεύῃ καὶ σὺ μεθ’ ἡμῶν; ἐπίστρεφε καὶ οἴκει μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι ξένος εἶ σὺ καὶ ὅτι μετῴκησας σὺ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου σου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:19)
  • ἀπηλλοτριωμένος ἐγενήθην τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου καὶ ξένος τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς μητρός μου, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 68:9)
  • ἔξω δὲ οὐκ ηὐλίζετο ξένος, ἡ δὲ θύρα μου παντὶ ἐλθόντι ἀνέῳκτο. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:32)
  • ἀνήρ, ᾧ δώσει αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς πλοῦτον καὶ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δόξαν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστερῶν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πάντων, ὧν ἐπιθυμήσει, καὶ οὐκ ἐξουσιάσει αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ φαγεῖν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ξένος φάγεται αὐτόν. τοῦτο ματαιότης καὶ ἀρρωστία πονηρά ἐστι. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 6:2)
  • αὐτός, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ἐπινόει τὸ βέλτιστον - ἐγὼ δὲ οὐδὲν οἶδα τῶν ὑπὲρ γῆς ξένος ὤν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:9)

Synonyms

  1. stranger

  2. foreigner

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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