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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: philotês 2: xenios 3: proxenia 4: arthmios 5: dusaulos
Latin1: Phintias 2: colluctor 3: hospitium 4: - 5: -
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xen-ia, hê, Ep. xeniê Hom. Od. 24.286 ; Ion. xeiniê (v.l. xeinêïê) Hdt. (v. infr.) : (xenos) :--

  • hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, dôroisin ameipsamenos . . kai xeniêi agathêi Hom. Od. 24.286 ; meixesthai xeniêi êd' aglaa dôra didôsein IBID=au=Hom. Od. 24.314=lr ; kata xeiniên hospitii causa, Hdt. 2.182 ; epi xenian elthein to come as a guest, Pind. N. 10.49 ; but, epi xenian kalein, parakalein, also epi xeniai kaleisthai, kalein, prob. only as f.l. for epi xenia, v. xenios I.2 : in pl., IDEM=Pind. O. 4.17 ; xeniai kai philotêtes Andoc. 1.145 ; hetoimaze moi x. Ep.Philem.22.

    2. friendly relation between two states, or between a person and a foreign state, xeiniên tini suntithesthai, Lat. hospitium facere cum aliquo,     Hdt. 1.27,au=Hdt. 3.39 ; x. toisi Akanthioisi proeipe IDEM=Hdt. 7.116 ; epoiêsanto horkia xeiniês peri kai summachiês IDEM=Hdt. 1.69 ; dialusasthai tên x. IDEM=Hdt. 4.154 ; tas palaias x. ananeôsasthai Isoc. 4.43 ; kata tên x. because of their friendly relations, Thuc. 8.6 ; dia tên x. Plu.2.816a ; pros x. tas sas by thy friendship with us, Soph. OC 515 (lyr.) ; x. tinos with him, Dem. 18.51 ; philian kai x. IBID=au=Dem. 18.284=lr.

    3. status of an alien, opp. that of a citizen, graphê xenias indictment of an alien for usurping civic rights, IDEM=    Dem. L. 3.29 ; xenias pheugein (sc. graphên) to be so indicted, Aristoph. Wasps 718 ; agônisasthai Lys. 13.60 ; haliskesthai Dem. 24.131 ; xenias grapsasthai tina IDEM=Dem. 40.41.

    II. guest-chamber, PSI 1.50.16 (iv/v A. D.) ; perh. lodging, Act.Ap.28.23.