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ξενίζω

ξενίζω, to receive a guest; to surprise, to make strange

ξεν-ίζω, Ion. and Ep. ξεινίζω, fut. -ιῶ, later -ίσω Gp. 12.13.12: Ep. aor. ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσα, -ισα (v. infr.): (ξένος):—
  • receive or entertain as a guest, ξείνους Od. 3.355; τὸν μὲν ἐγὼ . . ἐῢ ἐξείνισσα 19.194; ἐννῆμαρ ξείνισσε Il. 6.174; ξείνισʼ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ib. 217; ξ. τινὰ ἐν δόμοις E. Alc. 1013, etc.; ξ. [τινὰ] σίτοισι S. Fr. 666; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present with hospitable gifts, X. Cyr. 5.3.2; ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν . . εἴχομεν with or on what we had, Ar. Lys. 1184: metaph., ὃν . . Ἄρης οὐκ ἐξένισεν, i.e. who fell not in battle, S. El. 96 (anap.): —Pass., to be entertained as a guest, Ar. Ach. 73; ξενισθεὶς μὴ ἀντιξενίσαι Phld. Vit. p.30 J.; ὑπό τινος Hdt. 1.30, X. HG 3.1.24, etc.; παρά τινι D.S. 14.30, Act.Ap. 10.6, 21.16; πρός τινα Philem. 109: metaph., λαχάνοισιν, ὥσπερ χῆνες, ἐξενισμένοι Theopomp.Com. 13.
    • II surprise, astonish by some strange sight, ξενίζουσαν καὶ καταπληκτικὴν πρόσοψιν Plb. 3.114.4; ξ. τὴν ἀκοήν, of strange words, Hld. 6.14; ξ. καὶ ταράττειν Gp. 2.48.2; ξ. [τὴν τῶν πολλῶν συνήθειαν] do violence to the ordinary use of language, Simp. in Cael. 679.28:—Pass., to be astonished, S. Ichn. 137; τινι Plb. 1.23.5, 3.68.9, 1 Ep.Pet. 4.12; διὰ τὸ παράδοξον Plb. 1.49.7; ἐπί τινι Id. 2.27.4, D.S. 31.2; κατά τι Plb. 1.33.1; μὴ συντρεχόντων ὑμῶν 1 Ep.Pet. 4.4; εἰ . . M.Ant. 8.15, cf. Vett.Val. 302.17; πῶς . . PStrassb. 35.6 (v A. D.); to be puzzled, unable to comprehend, Ael. Tact. 1.6; of fresh leeches, to be unaccustomed to the skin, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.21.1.
      • 2 make strange, of plants and animals, i.e. stunt their growth and distort them, Gp. 9.5.3 (Pass.); τῷ πλήθει ξενιζομένη ἡ φύσις being altered in character, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.80, cf. Hippiatr. 15.
    • III intr., to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent, D. 57.18; τὸ ξενίζον τῆς λέξεως D.S. 12.53, cf. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 45.
      • 2 to be strange or unusual, of diseases, Gal. 17(1).162; ξ. τῷ σχήματι Luc. Anach. 16; τῷ τρίβωνι Id. Merc.Cond. 24; θάνατος . . τῇ τόλμῃ ξενίζων Id. Hist.Conscr. 25.

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