ἐφέστιος

ἐφέστιος, Ion. ἐπίστιος, ον, Hdt. (v. infr.), ἐφ[ίστιος] prob. in SIG 1218.17 (lulis, v B.C.): (ἑστία):—A. at oneʼs own fireside, at home, ἀπολέσθαι ἐ. Od. 3.234; Τρῶες, ἐ. ὅσσοι ἔασιν as many as are in their own homes, opp. ἐπίκουροι, Il. 2.125: with Verbs of motion, ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ . . ἐφέστιον ἤγαγε δαίμων (i.e. ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν) Od. 7.248; ἠλθε . . ἐ. 23.55. cf. E. Rh. 201; ἐφέπτιον πῆξαι . . σκῆπτρον (i.e. ἐπὶ τῇ ἑστίᾳ) S. El. 419; of suppliants who claim protection by sitting by the fireside, ἐπίστιος ἐμοὶ ἐγένεο Hdt. 1.35: ἱκέτης καὶ δόμων ἐ. inmate of the temple, A. Eu. 577, cf. 669; κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐ. Id. Supp. 365; τόνδʼ ἐ. θεῶν ib.503, cf. S. OT 32; guest, ἐλθόντʼ ἐς δόμους ἐφέστιον Id. Tr. 262; freq. in A.R., ἐ. ἐν μεγάροισιν 1.909, 3.1117, etc.: c. dat. pers., ἐ. ἀθανάτοισιν dwelling with them, 3.116, cf. 4.518: c. dat. loci, πηγῇσιν ἐ. Ἀσωποῖο 1.117. II. generally, of or in the house or family, πόνοι . . δόμων ἐφέστιοι A. Th. 853 (lyr.); θύματα Id. Ag. 1310; μίασμα Id. Eu. 169 (lyr.); ἀλαλαγαί S. Tr. 206 (lyr.); περιστερὰ οἰκέτις ἐ. τε Id. Fr. 866; εὐναί E. El. 216; ἐ. δόμοι the chambers of the house, A. Th. 73: Ion. ἐπίστιον, τό, household, family, Hdt. 5.72,73; later ἐφέστιον, τό, D.H. 1.24, POxy. 2106.18 (iv A.D.). III. θεοὶ ἐ. the household gods, to whom the hearth was dedicated, Hierocl.p.54 A.; Ζεὺς ἐπίστιος or ἐφέστιος as presiding over hospitality, Hdt. 1.44, S. Aj. 492; ἐ. ἵδρυμα ἐν οἰκίᾳ ἔχων, a living image by the hearth, Pl. Lg. 931a. IV. ἐπίστιος, ἡ, v. ἐπίστιος II.