εὔξενος

euxenos

kind to strangers, hospitable

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350b3
Book II 1
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34

354a17
Rhetoric 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18

1406b30
1406b31
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303a37

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔξενος, Ion. εὔξεινος, ον, A. kind to strangers, hospitable, ἀνδρῶνας εὐ. δόμων the guest-chambers, A. Ch. 712; λιμὴν εὐξεινότατος ναύταις E. Hipp. 157 (lyr.). Ep. Adv. ἐϋξείνως A.R. 1.963, 1179. II. πόντος εὔ. the Euxine, now the Black Sea, Hdt. 1.6, al., E. IT 125 (lyr., codd., sed leg. Ἀξείνου); and so εὔ. (leg. ἄξ-) οἶδμα Id. HF 410 (lyr.); εὔ. πέλαγος Pi. N. 4.49; ὁ Εὔξεινος alone, Str. 11.1.5; cf. ἄξενος: εὔξεινος is a euphemism, like Εὐμενίδες.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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