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πρόξενος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόξενος προξένου

Structure: προξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a public foreigner, public guest or friend, made so by an act of the state
  2. in ancient inscriptions the πρόξενος ‎(próxenos) seems to be a public officer who had to do with registration of wills

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πρόξενος προξένω πρόξενοι
Genitive προξένου προξένοιν προξένων
Dative προξένῳ προξένοιν προξένοις
Accusative πρόξενον προξένω προξένους
Vocative πρόξενε προξένω πρόξενοι

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

  • δίκαι δὲ λαγχάνονται πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἴδιαι μὲν αἵ τε τοῖσ μετοίκοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἰσοτελέσι καὶ τοῖσ προξένοισ γιγνόμεναι· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 58 2:1)
  • ποίοισιν εἰπὼν προξένοισ ἐγχωρίοισ; (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode16)

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