Alternative forms

• ξεῖνος (xeînos) — Epic, Ionic
• ξέννος (xénnos) — Aeolic
• ξένϝος (xénwos) — Corinthian

Etymology

From earlier ξένϝος (xénwos), from Proto-HellenicCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΞΕΝΟΣ *ksénwos, which Beekes tentatively considers Pre-GreekCategory:Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate#ΞΕΝΟΣ; he also mentions attempts to connect the term to Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest”).^[1] However, compare Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬥𐬀𐬎 (xšnau), as well as Albanian huaj (“alien”), from Proto-Albanian *ksōn(w)ja.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ξένος • (xénos) m (feminine ξένη, neuter ξένον)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek adjectives#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΞΕΝΟΣ; first/second declension

1. foreign
2. strange, unusual

Noun

ξένος • (xénos) m (genitive ξένου)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek second-declension nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΞΕΝΟΣ; second declension

1. of parties giving or receiving hospitality: host and much more commonly guest
2. stranger
3. one who is hired: hired worker, mercenary
4. foreigner

References

Further reading

• “ξένος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξένος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξένος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “ξένος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3581 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alien idem, page 22.
  • foreign idem, page 336.
  • foreigner idem, page 336.
  • friend idem, page 345.
  • guest idem, page 378.
  • host idem, page 407.
  • pilgrim idem, page 613.
  • strange idem, page 823.
  • stranger idem, page 823.
  • visitor idem, page 955.

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΞΕΝΟΣ ξένος (xénos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkse.nos/Category:Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΞΕΝΟΣ
• Hyphenation: ξέ‧νος

Adjective

ξένος • (xénos) m (feminine ξένη, neuter ξένο)Category:Greek lemmas#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek adjectives#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΞΕΝΟΣ

1. foreign
2. strange, unfamiliar

Noun

ξένος • (xénos) m (plural ξένοι, feminine ξένη)Category:Greek lemmas#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Greek masculine nouns#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΞΕΝΟΣCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΞΕΝΟΣ

1. foreigner, alien
2. stranger
3. guest