ξεν-ία, ἡ,
Epic dialect ξενίη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.286 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ξεινίη (variant{ξεινηΐη}) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ξένος):— hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, δώροισιν ἀμειψάμενος.. καὶ ξενίῃ ἀγαθῇ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.286 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μείξεσθαι ξενίῃ ἠδ᾽ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα διδώσειν[[ [prev. work] 314; κατὰ ξεινίην ] Refs]hospitii causa, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ξενίαν ἐλθεῖν to come as a guest, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.49; but, ἐπὶ ξενίαν καλεῖν, παρακαλεῖν, also ἐπὶ ξενίᾳ καλεῖσθαι, καλεῖν, probably only as _falsa lectio_ for{ἐπὶ ξένια}, see at {ξένιος} I.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 4.17; ξενίαι καὶ φιλότητες 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.145; ἑτοίμαζέ μοι ξ. NT.Philm.22. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 friendly relation between two states, or between a person and a foreign state, ξεινίην τινὶ συντίθεσθαι, Latin hospitium facere cum aliquo, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27, 3.39; ξ. τοῖσι Ἀκανθίοισι προεῖπε [prev. author] 7.116; ἐποιήσαντο ὅρκια ξεινίης πέρι καὶ συμμαχίης [prev. author] 1.69; διαλύσασθαι τὴν ξ. [prev. author] 4.154; τὰς παλαιὰς ξ. ἀνανεώσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ξ. because of their friendly relations, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.6; διὰ τὴν ξ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.816a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ξ. τᾶς σᾶς by thy friendship with us, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 515 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξ. τινός with him, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.51; φιλίαν καὶ ξ. [prev. work]284. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]