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ξεν-ία

xenia · ἡ

hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment

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Where it lives

  • Philemon 1 · 30.49/10k
  • Agesilaus 3 · 4.08/10k
  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
  • Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
  • Histories 12 · 0.65/10k
  • Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
  • Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ξεν-ία · xen-ia — LSJ

hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, hospitii causa, as a guest

hospitality shown to a guest, entertainment, δώροισιν ἀμειψάμενος . . καὶ ξενίῃ ἀγαθῇ Od. 24.286 ; μείξεσθαι ξενίῃ ἠδʼ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα διδώσειν ib. 314 ; κατὰ ξεινίην hospitii causa, Hdt. 2.182 ; ἐπὶ ξενίαν ἐλθεῖν to come as a guest, Pi. N. 10.49 ; but, ἐπὶ ξενίαν καλεῖν, παρακαλεῖν, also ἐπὶ ξενίᾳ καλεῖσθαι, καλεῖν, prob. only as f.l. for ἐπὶ ξένια, v. ξένιος I.2 : in pl., Id. O. 4.17 ; ξενίαι καὶ φιλότητες And. 1.145 ; ἑτοίμαζέ μοι ξ. Ep.Philem. 22.

2 friendly relation between, friendly relations, friendship with us, with

friendly relation between two states, or between a person and a foreign state, ξεινίην τινὶ συντίθεσθαι, Lat. hospitium facere cum aliquo, Hdt. 1.27, 3.39 ; ξ. τοῖσι Ἀκανθίοισι προεῖπε Id. 7.116 ; ἐποιήσαντο ὅρκια ξεινίης πέρι καὶ συμμαχίης Id. 1.69 ; διαλύσασθαι τὴν ξ. Id. 4.154 ; τὰς παλαιὰς ξ. ἀνανεώσασθαι Isoc. 4.43 ; κατὰ τὴν ξ. because of their friendly relations, Th. 8.6 ; διὰ τὴν ξ. Plu. Praec. 2.816a ; πρὸς ξ. τᾶς σᾶς by thy friendship with us, S. OC 515 (lyr.) ; ξ. τινός with him, D. 1

3 status of an alien, of an alien for usurping civic rights

status of an alien, opp. that of a citizen, γραφὴ ξενίας indictment of an alien for usurping civic rights, Id. Ep. 3.29 ; ξενίας φεύγειν (sc. γραφήν) to be so indicted, Ar. V. 718 ; ἀγωνίσασθαι Lys. 13.60 ; ἁλίσκεσθαι D. 24.131 ; ξενίας γράψασθαί τινα Id. 40.41.

II guest-chamber, lodging

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

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Where it came from

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