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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ξένος ξένη ξένον
Genitive ξένου ξένης ξένου
Dative ξένῳ ξένῃ ξένῳ
Accusative ξένον ξένην ξένον
Vocative ξένε ξένη ξένον
DualN/A/V ξένω ξένᾱ ξένω
G/D ξένοιν ξέναιν ξένοιν
PluralNominative ξένοι ξέναι ξένα
Genitive ξένων ξενῶν ξένων
Dative ξένοις ξέναις ξένοις
Accusative ξένους ξένᾱς ξένα
Vocative ξένοι ξέναι ξένα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ξένος ξένου ξενότερος ξενοτέρου ξενότατος ξενοτάτου
Adverb ξένως ξενότερον ξενότατα

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

  • Τιμόθεοσ δὲ ὁ πρότερον ἡττηθεὶσ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων συναγαγὼν ξένασ δυνάμεισ παμπληθεῖσ καὶ τοὺσ τῆσ Ἀσίασ γενομένουσ ἵππουσ συναθροίσασ οὐκ ὀλίγουσ, παρῆν ὡσ δορυάλωτον ληψόμενοσ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:24)
  • ἐμοὶ σὺ συμπέπτωκασ ἐσ ταὐτὸν λόγου, ἑκουσίωσ τήνδ’ ἐκ δόμων ἐλθεῖν ἐμῶν ξένασ ἐσ εὐνάσ· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 4:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτι τὰσ κοινὰσ καὶ συνήθεισ ἐξοικίζοντεσ ἐννοίασ, μᾶλλον δ’ ὅλωσ ἀναιροῦντεσ καὶ διαφθείροντεσ, ἑτέρασ ἐπεισάγουσιν ἀλλοκότουσ καὶ ξένασ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 452)
  • ἇσ ἔχρῃζε γᾶσ ἐπὶ ξένασ ἔθανε· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 18)
  • ὤμοι, γᾶσ ἐπὶ ξένασ θανεῖν ἔχρῃζεσ ἀλλ’ ἔρημοσ ἔθανεσ ὧδέ μοι. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 111)

Synonyms

  1. foreign

  2. strange

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