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ξενικός

ξενικός, of or for a stranger, alien, mercenary, non-Attic; hospitable

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ξενικώτερον masculine accusative singular comparative, neuter nominative singular comparative, neuter vocative singular comparative, neuter accusative singular comparative of ξενικός

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ξεν-ικός, ή, όν, also ός, όν E. Ion 722 (lyr.); Ion. ξεινικός Hdt. 1.77:—
  • of or for a stranger, of foreign kind, opp. ἀστικός, A. Supp. 618; ξ. ἱκτῆρες E. Cyc. 370 (lyr.); ξενικά taxes paid by aliens at Athens, ξ. τελεῖν D. 57.34; σύσσιτοι ξ., opp. πολιτικοί, Arist. Pol. 1314a10; -ωτέρας . . γενομένης τῆς βοηθείας more connected with, or dependent upon, foreigners, ib. 1257a31; τὸ ξ. the class of aliens, ib. 1278a7; also τὸ ξ. (sc. δικαστήριον) the court in which aliens sued or were sued, ib. 1300b24, cf. SIG 306.24 (Tegea, iv B. C.), PHal. 1.164 (iii B. C.); ξ. χαλκός foreign money, PStrassb. 103.8 (iii B. C.); ξ. ἀργύριον IG 1(2).313.57, 2(2).1436.56; ξ. νόμισμα Pl. Lg. 742b; ξ. ἐμπόριον PTeb. 5.33 (ii B. C.); τὰ ξ. alien property, IG 9(1).333.3 (Oeanthea, v B. C.); ξ. βοσκήματα, τὰ ξ. τῶν σπερμάτων, Thphr. HP 9.20.3, 8.8.1, cf. Pl. R. 497b.
        • b concerning the status of an alien, δίκα (cf. ξενία I.3) SIG 526.25 (Crete, iii B. C.).
        • c in Thessaly, ξ. λύτρωσις manumission which confers non-citizen status, IG 9(2).28: freq. ξενικῇ alone, ἀπελευθεροῦσθαι ξ. ib. 14, al.
      • 2 of foreign troops, etc., νῆες ξ. ships furnished by the allies, Th. 7.42; but usu. of hired troops, ξ. στρατός Hdt. 1.77; τὸ ξ., = οἱ ξένοι, a body of mercenaries, Ar. Pl. 173, Th. [8.25], X. An. 1.2.1, etc.; ξενικὸν τρέφειν D. 4.24.
      • 3 rarely = ξένιος, hospitable, ὁ ξ. θεός protector of guests, Pl. Lg. 879e; ἡ ξ. τράπεζα Aeschin. 3.224, cf. Dosiad.Hist. 1; ἡ ξενική (sc. φιλία) friendship between host and guest, Arist. EN 1156a31. Adv. -κῶς hospitably, Theopomp.Hist. 225.
    • II foreign, strange, νόμαια, ἱρά, Hdt. 1.135, 172; τὸ ξ., of laws, their foreign origin or character, Pl. Lg. 702c; ξ. λόγοι Ar. Ach. 634; ξ. ὀνόματα non-Attic names, Pl. Cra. 401c; οἶνος ξ. Alex. 290, Diph. 32.27; δίκαιον τοὺς ξένους πίνειν ξενικόν Alex. 230; γλῶσσα, λίθος, PGiss. 99.9 (ii/iii A. D.), POxy. 1449.46 (iii A. D.); ἀγνωστότερα καὶ -ώτερα Arist. Metaph. 995a3; of style, unfamiliar, i.e. abounding in unusual words and phrases, ξ. λέξις Id. Rh. 1406a15; τὸ ξ. ib. 1405a8, cf. Po. 1458a22. Adv. -κῶς in non-Attic fashion, Pl. Cra. 407b.

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