ξενίζω
Alt. ξενίζω,
Etym. ξένος
I. "to receive or entertain strangers, to receive as a guest", Lat. hospitio excipere, Hom., Hdt., etc.; ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς "to present with" hospitable gifts, Xen.:—metaph., ὃν Ἄρης οὐκ ἐξένισεν, i. e. who fell not in battle, Soph.:—Pass. "to be entertained as a guest", Hdt., attic
II. "to astonish by some strange sight", Polyb.:—Pass. "to be astonished", id=Polyb.
III. intr. "to be a stranger, speak with a foreign accent", Luc.: "to be strange or unusual", id=Luc.