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ξεν-ισμός

xenismos · ὁ

strangeness, novelty

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  • Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
  • Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

= foreg., Pl. Ly. 205c, Luc. Salt. 45, etc.; τὸν ξ. ποιεῖν τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ SIG 1106.61 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.); καλέσαι τινὰς ἐπὶ ξενισμόν BCH 49.306 (Teos) : in pl., Plu. Demetr. 12, etc.

II strangeness, novelty

strangeness, novelty, Plb. 15.17.1, D.S. 3.33.

2 injurious effect of change, change

injurious effect of change, ξενισμοὶ ὑδάτων Dsc. 2.152 : but, generally, change, τῶν ξενισμοῦ καὶ μεταποιήσεως χρῃζόντων Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.7.7; μέγας ὁ ξ. τοῦ σώματος Gal. 17(2).28 ; ξενισμὸν ἐμποιεῖν Sor. 1.116 ; ξ. στομάχου Ruf. ap. Orib. 7.26.152.

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Where it came from

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