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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

  • ταῦτ’ ἐγὼ μὲν ἐπὶ πολὺ εἱστήκειν ὁρῶν καὶ θαυμάζων καὶ ἀπορῶν καὶ ἀγανακτῶν Κελτὸσ δὲ τισ παρεστὼσ οὐκ ἀπαίδευτοσ τὰ ἡμέτερα, ὡσ ἔδειξεν ἀκριβῶσ Ἑλλάδα φωνὴν ἀφιείσ, φιλόσοφοσ, οἶμαι, τὰ ἐπιχώρια, Ἐγὼ σοι, ἔφη, ὦ ξένε, λύσω τῆσ γραφῆσ τὸ αἴνιγμα· (Lucian, Hercules, 4:1)
  • ὦ ξένε Ἀθηναῖε, εἶδεσ γάρ μου τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ καὶ ὅσοσ ἄσημοσ ^ χρυσόσ ἐστιν ἡμῖν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην πολυτέλειαν, εἰπέ μοι, τίνα ἡγῇ τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων εὐδαιμονέστατον εἶναι. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:1)
  • ἐδάκρυσεν ὑφ̓ ἡδονῆσ ὁ Ἀνάχαρσισ, ὅτι καὶ ὁμόφωνον εὑρήκει τινά, καὶ τοῦτον εἰδότα ὅστισ ἦν ἐν Σκύθαισ, καὶ ἤρετο, Σὺ δὲ πόθε οἶσθα ἡμᾶσ, ὦ ξένε; (Lucian, Scytha 8:2)
  • ὦ ξένε, πολλοὶ μὲν καὶ ἄλλοι χρηστοὶ καὶ δεξιοὶ ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ οὐκ αν ἀλλαχόθι τοσούτουσ εὑρ́οισ ἄνδρασ ἀγαθούσ, δύο δὲ μάλιστά ἐστον ἡμῖν ἄνδρε ἀρίστω, γένει μὲν καὶ ἀξιώματι πολὺ προὔχοντοσ ἁπάντων, παιδείᾳ δὲ καὶ λόγων δυνάμει τῇ Ἀττικῇ δεκάδι παραβάλλοισ ἄν· (Lucian, Scytha 21:2)
  • πρῶτον μὲν ἤρξω τοῦ λόγου ψευδῶσ, ξένε, ζητῶν τύραννον ἐνθάδ’· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. foreign

  2. strange

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