;ξ. τινὰ πολλοῖς ἀγαθοῖς to present withhospitable gifts, X. Cyr. 5.3.2 ;ὑμᾶς ἐν πόλει ξενίσωμεν ὧν . . εἴχομεν withoronwhat 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,
Ael. Tact. 1.6 ; of fresh leeches,to be unaccustomedto the skin, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.21.1 .
2. make strange,of plants and animals, i.e.stunt their growth and distortthem, Gp. 9.5.3 ( Pass. );τῷ πλήθει ξενιζομένη ἡ φύσιςbeingaltered 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 strangeorunusual,of diseases, Gal. 17(1).162 ; ξ. τῷ σχήματι