Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φυγόξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυγόξενος φυγόξενον

Structure: φυγοξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. shunning strangers, inhospitable

Examples

  • ἐγγυάσομαι ὔμμιν, ὦ Μοῖσαι, φυγόξενον στρατὸν μηδ’ ἀπείρατον καλῶν, ἀκρόσοφον δὲ καὶ αἰχματὰν ἀφίξεσθαι. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 11 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. shunning strangers

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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