stranger Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. hospes, ĭtis, m.2. pĕregrīnus3. externus, adj.II. One not of the family1. extrāneus (homo)2. extrārius (for syn. v. STRANGE, II.)III. A person quite unknownIV. Fig. • stranger: I. Lit.: a person from another country or neighbourhood: 1. hospes, ĭtis, m.: fem. hospĭta (Gr. ξένος): to take s.s home, hospites deducere, Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 9: in addressing a foreigner, stranger! hospes! id. Br. 46, 172: v. foreigner. 2. pĕregrīnus: v. foreigner. 3. externus, adj.: but used in pl. as subs. (not belonging to the household): hatred of s.s, odium in externos, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158. II. One not of the family: 1. extrāneus (homo): as subs., chiefly in pl.; s.s and persons quite unknown, extranei ignotique, Tac. Agr. 43: Suet. 2. extrārius (for syn. v. strange, II.): like preced. strictly adj.: to offer anything to a s., aliquid alicui ferre extrario, Ter. Ph. 4, 1, 13. III. A person quite unknown: Phr.: a perfect s., omnino ignotus: cf. supr. (II.). IV. Fig.: ignorant of, hospes, pĕregrīnus: and without a figure, rŭdis, ignārus, ĭnexpertus: cf. Cic. C. Rab. 10, 28, adeone hospes hujusce urbis, adeone ignarus disciplinae ...? and id. de Or. 1, 50, 218, nec peregrinus atque hospes in agendo: see also unacquainted, ignorant.
STRANGER Copy link • STRANGERA foreigner, externus (not a citizen; opposed to civis, popularis): alienigena (born in a foreign country; opposed to indigena): advena (that has come into the country, but was not born in it; opposed to indigena: but, PROP., advenae are opposed to aborigines, αὐτόχθονες, the original inhabitants): peregrinus (PROP., one who, as a traveller, stays with us a longer or shorter time, but does not enjoy the rights of a citizen; then, general term, one of a foreign nation residing at Rome; opposed to civis): hospes (the peregrinus enjoying civil rights): barbarus (not a Roman; especially that does not speak the Roman language or adopt Roman manners; Vid: Dachne, Milt., 7, 1). ☞ All these terms (except hospes) are also used adjectively, and frequently together; e.g., (The words are found in this connection and order.) externus et advena (e.g., rex); alienigena et externus; peregrinus et externus; peregrinus et advena; peregrinus atque hospes. One not of our family, extraneus: alienus. One not versed in anything; Vid: STRANGE.