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ξενολογ-έω

xenologeo

enlist foreign troops

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Where it lives

  • Machabaeorum I 3 · 1.72/10k

What it meant — LSJ

enlist foreign troops, mercenaries

enlist foreign troops, esp. mercenaries, Isoc. 5.96, D. 40.36, Plb. 3.27.4, LXX 1 Ma. 4.35 ; ξ. ἐκ τᾶς Ἀσίας εἰς ἴδιον πόλεμον SIG 581.82 (Crete, ii B. C.) ; ξ. πλῆθος μισθοφόρων Plb. 1.9.6 :—Med., OGI 270.12 (Crete, iii B. C.) :—Pass., Plb. 14.7.5, al., CIG 2623 (Citium), J. AJ 13.4.9.

2 raise a contribution of

metaph., ξ. ἔλεον παρά τινων raise a contribution of pity, D.S. 34/5.2.39.

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Where it came from

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