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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 εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ πρὸσ Ἐθθὶ τὸν Γεθθαῖον. ἱνατί πορεύῃ καὶ σὺ μεθ’ ἡμῶν̣ 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 ἀπ̓ 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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