φῐλόξεν-ος,
poetry φῐλοξέν-ξεινος, ον:— loving strangers, hospitable, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.121, 8.576, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.1, “N.” 1.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.3, NT.1Tim.3.2, etc.] NT+8th c.BC+]; παθεῖν φιλόξενον ἔργον to meet with an act of hospitality, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.24; τὸ εἶναι φ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1250b34, compare 1251b35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλόξεν᾽ ἐστὶν (i.e. τὰ δώματα) Αἰγίσθου διαί [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 656 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος[[ [prev. author] “fragment” 196, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 1.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -έστατος [[5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 879 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.41. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]