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ξενο-φονέω

xenophoneo

murder oneʼs host

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Where it lives

  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ξενο-φονέω · xeno-phoneō

murder oneʼs host

murder oneʼs host, E. IT 1021.

2. ξενοφων-έω · xenophōn-eō

speak, sound strangely, use out-of-the-way words, to be disconcerted by strange expressions

speak or sound strangely, use out-of-the-way words, Dexipp. in Cat. 6.17, Sophon. in de An. 47.12 :—Pass., to be disconcerted by strange expressions, Olymp.Alch. p.86 B. ; so intr. in Act., Sch. Il. 23.403.

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