ξενηλασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Either:

  • from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner; stranger”) +‎ ἔλασις (élasis) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); or
  • from ξενηλατεῖν (xenēlateîn, “to expel a foreigner”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) (suggested by the Oxford English Dictionary), with ξενηλατεῖν (xenēlateîn) derived from ξένος (xénos) + ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion; to drive away”) + -ειν (-ein, suffix forming infinitives of verbs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (xenēlăsĭ́ā) f (genitive ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. xenelasia, expulsion of foreigners

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē xenēlăsĭ́ā 		τὼ ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ xenēlăsĭ́ā 		αἱ ξενηλᾰσῐ́αι
hai xenēlăsĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês xenēlăsĭ́ās 		τοῖν ξενηλᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn xenēlăsĭ́ain 		τῶν ξενηλᾰσῐῶν
tôn xenēlăsĭôn
Dative τῇ ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾳ
tēî xenēlăsĭ́āi 		τοῖν ξενηλᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn xenēlăsĭ́ain 		ταῖς ξενηλᾰσῐ́αις
taîs xenēlăsĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn xenēlăsĭ́ān 		τὼ ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ xenēlăsĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s xenēlăsĭ́ās
Vocative ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ
xenēlăsĭ́ā 		ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ
xenēlăsĭ́ā 		ξενηλᾰσῐ́αι
xenēlăsĭ́ai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: xenelasia, xenelasy (learned)
  • → French: xénélasie (learned)

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