belonging to friendship and hospitality, hospitable, Ζεὺς ξ. as protector of the rights of hospitality, Ζεὺς ἐπιτιμήτωρ ἱκετάων τε ξείνων τε, ξείνιος, ὃς ξείνοισιν ἅμʼ αἰδοίοισιν ὀπηδεῖ (cf. ξένος II) Od. 9.271; Ζηνὸς . . ἐδείσατε μῆνιν ξεινίου Il. 13.625, cf. A. Ag. 61, 362 (both anap.), al.; ὦ Ζεῦ ξένιε Cratin. 111; also Ἀπόλλων ξ. CIG 2214e (Chios) ; ξ. τράπεζα the guests’ table, Od. 14.158, 17.155, Pi. I. 2.39, etc.; ξ. κοίτα his guestʼs adultery, Id. P. 3.32 ; ξ. τινί bound to one by ties o
ξείνια, Att. ξένια (cf. ξεινήϊον), τά, friendly gifts, given to the guest by his host, esp. meat and drink, ξείνιά τʼ εὖ παρέθηκεν, ἅ τε ξείνοις θέμις ἐστίν Il. 11.779, cf. 18.387, Od. 5.91, etc.; εἴ μοι ξ. δοίη 9.229, cf. 19.185 (less freq. in sg., ἵνα τοι δῶ ξείνιον 9.356, cf. 20.296, Pi. P. 4.35, SIG 662.32 (Delos, ii B. C.)); ξένια . . παρέσχε δαῖτα as a friendly gift, A. Ag. 1590 ; βοῦν ξένια ἔπεμψαν X. HG 7.2.3, cf. PCair.Zen. 75.6 (iii B. C.) ; ξ. δοῦναι E. Cyc. 301 ; ξ. λήψῃ ib. 342 ; δέ
foreign, ἐπὶ ξενίας (sc. γῆς) Antipho 2.2.9, Pl. Cra. 429e, cf. Ath.Mitt. 25.427 ; ἐν ξενίῃ Epigr.Gr. 1041.8.
ξ. κόσμος, in Crete, magistrate who tried suits with aliens, GDI 4981.4, al.