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ξένος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξένος ξένη ξένον

Structure: ξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. foreign
  2. strange, unusual

Declension

First/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

  • ἀνὴρ νομίζει σέβεσθαι τῇ γαμετῇ καὶ γιγνώσκειν μόνουσ προσήκει, περιέργοισ δὲ θρησκείαισ καὶ ξέναισ δεισιδαιμονίαισ ἀποκεκλεῖσθαι τὴν αὔλειον, οὐδενὶ γὰρ θεῶν ἱερὰ κλεπτόμενα καὶ λανθάνοντα δρᾶται κεχαρισμένωσ ὑπὸ γυναικόσ. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 19 1:1)
  • εὔτακτοσ δ’ οὖσα καὶ φίλανδροσ ἡ Ἱππαρέτη, λυπουμένη δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ περὶ τὸν γάμον ἑταίραισ ξέναισ καὶ ἀσταῖσ συνόντοσ, ἐκ τῆσ οἰκίασ ἀπιοῦσα πρὸσ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ᾤχετο. (Plutarch, , chapter 8 2:5)
  • ἀλλ’ αὐτὰ δή σοι ταῦτα καὶ πράσσω, Λίχα, ἑώσ σὺ ταῖσ ἔσωθεν ἠγορῶ ξέναισ, ὅπωσ φέρῃσ μοι τόνδε ταναϋφῆ πέπλον, δώρημ’ ἐκείνῳ τἀνδρὶ τῆσ ἐμῆσ χερόσ. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:1)
  • λέοντεσ δὲ καὶ παρδάλεισ, λύγκεσ, πάνθηρεσ, ἄρκτοι καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα ἐστὶ τοιαῦτα θηρία ἁλίσκεται ἐν ξέναισ χώραισ περὶ τὸ Πάγγαιον ὄροσ καὶ τὸν Κίττον τὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ Μακεδονίασ, τὰ δ’ ἐν τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ τῷ Μυσίῳ καὶ ἐν Πίνδῳ, τὰ δ’ ἐν τῇ Νύσῃ τῇ ὑπὲρ τῆσ Συρίασ, καὶ πρὸσ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὄρεσιν ὅσα οἱᾶ́ τ’ ἐστὶ τρέφειν τοιαῦτα. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 2:1)
  • διδαχαῖσ ποικίλαισ καὶ ξέναισ μὴ παραφέρεσθε· (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 13 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. foreign

  2. strange

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