The corpus record

ξενῑτ-εύω

xeniteuo

live abroad

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What it meant — LSJ

live abroad, live in exile

live abroad, Timae. 139, Nic.Dam. 1032 J., Str. 14.5.13, Luc. Patr.Enc. 8 ; ξ. πρός τινας Aristeas 257 ; live in exile, J. AJ 16.11.8.

II to be a mercenary in foreign service

Med., to be a mercenary in foreign service, Isoc. 5.122, Ep. 2.19 ; ἐγὼ ξενιτευόμενος ἐστρατευόμην Antiph. 96.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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