ξενολογ-έω,
enlist foreign troops, especially mercenaries, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.96, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.36, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.27.4, LXX.1Mac.4.35; ξ. ἐκ τᾶς Ἀσίας εἰς ἴδιον πόλεμον “SIG” 581.82 (Crete, 2nd c.BC) ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ξ. πλῆθος μισθοφόρων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.9.6 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, [[ “OGI” 270.12 (Crete, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.7.5, +others, “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2623 (from Citium), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.4.9. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, ξ. ἔλεον παρά τινων raise a contribution of pity, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.39. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]