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ξεν-ικός

xenikos

of, for a stranger, of foreign kind, taxes paid by aliens

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  • De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
  • Cratylus 7 · 3.91/10k
  • Hellenica 18 · 2.74/10k
  • Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
  • On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
  • Politics 11 · 1.68/10k
  • Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
  • Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
  • Laws 12 · 1.16/10k
  • Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

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What it meant — LSJ

of, for a stranger, of foreign kind, taxes paid by aliens, more connected with, dependent upon, foreigners, the class of aliens, in which aliens sued, were sued, foreign, alien

of or for a stranger, of foreign kind, opp. ἀστικός, A. Supp. 618 ; ξ. ἱκτῆρες E. Cyc. 370 (lyr.) ; ξενικά taxes paid by aliens at Athens, ξ. τελεῖν D. 57.34 ; σύσσιτοι ξ., opp. πολιτικοί, Arist. Pol. 1314a10 ; -ωτέρας . . γενομένης τῆς βοηθείας more connected with, or dependent upon, foreigners, ib. 1257a31 ; τὸ ξ. the class of aliens, ib. 1278a7 ; also τὸ ξ. (sc. δικαστήριον) the court in which aliens sued or were sued, ib. 1300b24, cf. SIG 306.24 (Tegea, iv B. C.), PHal. 1.164 (iii B. C.) ; ξ

b concerning the status of an alien

concerning the status of an alien, δίκα (cf. ξενία I.3) SIG 526.25 (Crete, iii B. C.).

c which confers non-citizen status

in Thessaly, ξ. λύτρωσις manumission which confers non-citizen status, IG 9(2).28 : freq. ξενικῇ alone, ἀπελευθεροῦσθαι ξ. ib. 14, al.

2 foreign, furnished by the allies, a body of mercenaries

of foreign troops, etc., νῆες ξ. ships furnished by the allies, Th. 7.42 ; but usu. of hired troops, ξ. στρατός Hdt. 1.77 ; τὸ ξ., = οἱ ξένοι, a body of mercenaries, Ar. Pl. 173, Th. [8.25], X. An. 1.2.1, etc. ; ξενικὸν τρέφειν D. 4.24.

3 hospitable, protector of guests, between host and guest, hospitably

rarely = ξένιος, hospitable, ὁ ξ. θεός protector of guests, Pl. Lg. 879e ; ἡ ξ. τράπεζα Aeschin. 3.224, cf. Dosiad.Hist. 1 ; ἡ ξενική (sc. φιλία) friendship between host and guest, Arist. EN 1156a31. Adv. -κῶς hospitably, Theopomp.Hist. 225.

II foreign, strange, their foreign origin, character, non-Attic, unfamiliar, abounding in unusual words and phrases, in non-Attic fashion

foreign, strange, νόμαια, ἱρά, Hdt. 1.135, 172 ; τὸ ξ., of laws, their foreign origin or character, Pl. Lg. 702c ; ξ. λόγοι Ar. Ach. 634 ; ξ. ὀνόματα non-Attic names, Pl. Cra. 401c ; οἶνος ξ. Alex. 290, Diph. 32.27 ; δίκαιον τοὺς ξένους πίνειν ξενικόν Alex. 230 ; γλῶσσα, λίθος, PGiss. 99.9 (ii/iii A. D.), POxy. 1449.46 (iii A. D.) ; ἀγνωστότερα καὶ -ώτερα Arist. Metaph. 995a3 ; of style, unfamiliar, i.e. abounding in unusual words and phrases, ξ. λέξις Id. Rh. 1406a15 ; τὸ ξ. ib. 1405a8, cf. Po.

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