ξεῖνος
-ου, ὁ.
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A foreigner or stranger.
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A foreigner, one belonging to another land : ἐπʼ ἀνθρώους ξείνους ἠδʼ οἷσιν ἀνάσσεις Il. 24.202.
One not of one’s own immediate folk : ξεῖνοί τε καὶ αὐτοῦ βώτορες Od. 14.102. Cf. Od. 17.382.
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A stranger, one who comes into, or finds himself in, a land not his own : εἰσῆλθε μυκήνας ξ. Il. 4.377. Cf. Il. 4.387 : Od. 7.24, Od. 18.106 (wanderers or vagabonds), Od. 19.333 (travellers), Od. 21.292.
Such a person regarded as being under the guardianship of Zeus, as entitled to protection and aid : πρὸς Διός εἰσι ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε Od. 6.208= Od. 14.58. Cf. Od. 8.546, Od. 9.270, 478, Od. 14.57, Od. 16.108, Od. 18.222, etc.
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A stranger, a person whom one has not seen before, an unknown person who presents himself before one : πόθεν τοι ξ. ὅδʼ ἵκετο; Od. 16.57. Cf. Od. 1.120, Od. 4.26, Od. 6.209, Od. 8.28, Od. 14.414, Od. 17.10, Od. 18.401, Od. 20.129, etc.
Vocativally Od. 1.123, Od. 3.71, Od. 4.371, Od. 6.187, etc.
Vocativally by a ξ
. to one of those among whom he has come Od. 8.166, Od. 14.53.
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One of two persons (in pl. the persons) dwelling at a distance from each other between whom there exists a special tie of friendship and mutual hospitality : ξ. μοι πατρώϊός ἐσσι Il. 6.215. Cf. Il. 6.224, 231, Il. 13.661, Il. 15.532, Il. 17.150, 584, Il. 21.42 : ξ. ἐμός ἐστιν Od. 11.338. Cf. Od. 1.105, 176, 187, 313, Od. 9.18, Od. 15.196, Od. 19.191, Od. 24.104, etc.
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A host, one’s host : ξείνια παρέθηκεν, ἅ τε ξείνοις θέμις ἐστίν Il. 11.779. Cf. Od. 8.208, Od. 9.268, Od. 19.371.
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A guest, one’s guest : ξεινοδόκοι καὶ ξ. Od. 8.543. Cf. Od. 3.350, Od. 15.54, 73, 74, Od. 20.295= Od. 21.313, Od. 21.27.
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