hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, ξεν-ία,ἡ, Ep. ξενίη Od. 24.286 ; Ion. ξεινίη( A. v.l. ξεινηί̈η ) Hdt. (v. infr.) : (ξένος) :—hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, δώροισιν ἀμ
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hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, ξεν-ία,ἡ, Ep. ξενίη Od. 24.286 ; Ion. ξεινίη( A. v.l. ξεινηί̈η ) Hdt. (v. infr.) : (ξένος) :—hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, δώροισιν ἀμ
table, τράπεζ-α [τρᾰ],ης,ἡ, Dor. τράπεσδα Alcm. 74b :— A. table,esp.dining-table, eating-table,freq. in Hom. ,Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ., Od. 17.333 , 447 , cf. IG 12.330.4 , Men. 518.2 ; τ. παραθεῖναι
belonging to friendship and hospitality, hospitable, ξέν-ιος,α,ον, Ion. ξείνιος(as always in Hdt. , and mostly in Hom. , butξένιοςwhen the ult. is long, as in Od. 14.158 , 389 , 15.514 , al.) :— A.