The corpus record

ξενᾱγ-ός

xenagos · ὁ

commander of mercenary troops

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Where it lives

Hellenica 6 · 0.91/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

commander of mercenary troops

commander of mercenary troops, Th. 2.75 (ubi v. Sch.), X. HG 4.2.19, PCair.Zen. 374.5 (iii B. C.), SIG 556D 3 (Delph., iii B. C.), etc. (Dor. form (Cretan acc. to AB 284) adopted in Att. like other military terms.)

2 commander of a

commander of a ξεναγία 1.2, Ael. Tact. 9.4, Arr. Tact. 10.3.

II cicerone, guide

cicerone, guide, Plu. Vind. 2.567a, Hld. 7.14 (v.l. -αγωγός).

In the wild

ξεναγόν · xenagon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1434)
ξεναγοὶ · xenagoi Thucydides, History 2.75.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1485)
ξεναγοὺς · xenagous Xenophon, Hellenica 3.5.7 (DIORISIS sentence 1177)
ξεναγοὶ · xenagoi Xenophon, Hellenica 4.2.19 (DIORISIS sentence 1406)
ξεναγοὺς · xenagous Xenophon, Hellenica 4.5.7 (DIORISIS sentence 1595)
ξεναγοὺς · xenagous Xenophon, Hellenica 5.1.33 (DIORISIS sentence 1976)

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