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.