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ξεν-όω

xenoo

make oneʼs friend and guest, entertain

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Where it lives

  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Euthydemus 2 · 1.61/10k
  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
  • Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
  • Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
  • Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
  • Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
  • Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
  • Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
  • Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

make oneʼs friend and guest, entertain

make oneʼs friend and guest, entertain, in Med., ξενοῦμαι A. Supp. 927, cf. A.R. 1.849 : fut. ξενώσεται Lyc. 92.

II

mostly in Pass., with fut. Med. ξενώσομαι S. Ph. 303 : pf. ἐξένωμαι : aor. ἐξενώθην (ἐξενώθησαν Ἀττικῶς· ἐξενίσθησαν Ἑλληνικῶς Moer. p. 167P.):

1 enter into a treaty of hospitality with

enter into a treaty of hospitality with one, πόλιες ἀλλήλῃσι ἐξεινώθησαν Hdt. 6.21, cf. Pl. Lg. 642e, X. Ages. 8.5; βασιλεῦσιν ἐξενωμένος Lys. 6.48 : abs., X. HG 4.1.34.

2 take up, abode with, as a guest, to be entertained

take up oneʼs abode with one as a guest, to be entertained, Θήβᾳ ξενωθείς Pi. P. 4.299, cf. A. Ch. 702, S. l.c., etc. ; ξενωθεὶς τοῖσδʼ ἐν . . δόμοις E. Alc. 68 ; ξενοῦται τῷ Ξενοφῶντι, [παρʼ] Ἑλλάδι, X. An. 7.8.6, 8 ; ξενωθεὶς ὑπὸ τᾶς βουλᾶς IG 12(1).383 (Rhodes).

3 reside abroad, go into banishment

reside abroad, δαρὸν ἐξενωμένου S. Tr. 65, cf. E. Ion 820 ; go into banishment, Id. Hipp. 1085.

III deprive, of

later, in Act., deprive one of a thing, [τινά] τινος Hld. 6.7.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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