Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διειρωνόξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διειρωνόξενος διειρωνόξενον

Structure: διειρωνοξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dissembling with one's guests

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ ἅτ’ ὄντεσ αἰσχροκερδεῖσ καὶ διειρωνόξενοι τήνδ’ ἀπορρίψαντεσ αἰσχρῶσ τὸν πόλεμον ἀνήρπασαν· (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, epirrheme11)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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