φιλόξενος

philoxenos

loving strangers, hospitable

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6121
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8576
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9176
Book 13 1
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13202

Dictionary (LSJ)

φιλόξενος, poet. φῐλό-ξεινος, ον:—A. loving strangers, hospitable, Od. 6.121, 8.576, al., Pi. O. 3.1, N. 1.20, X. HG 6.1.3, 1 Ep.Ti. 3.2, etc.; παθεῖν φιλόξενον ἔργον to meet with an act of hospitality, Pi. I. 2.24; τὸ εἶναι φ. Arist. VV 1250b34, cf. 1251b35; φιλόξενʼ ἐστὶν (sc. τὰ δώματα) Αἰγίσθου διαί A. Ch. 656: Sup. -ώτατος Id. Fr. 196, Cratin. 1.2; -έστατος E. Fr. 879. Adv. -νως Isoc. 4.41.

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