Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κακόξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακόξενος κακόξενη κακόξενον

Structure: κακοξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unfortunate in guests
  2. unfriendly to strangers, inhospitable

Examples

  • προσπελάσῃ λιμέσιν, μεμφέσθω μὴ λαῖτμα κακόξενον, ἀλλ’ ἑό τόλμαν, ὅστισ ἀφ’ ἡμετέρου πείσματ’ ἔλυσε τάφου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2643)
  • ἔρροισ, ὦ δύσπλωτε, κακόξενε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 699 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. unfortunate in guests

  2. unfriendly to strangers

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

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