ξεινήϊον
xeineion
hostʼs gift
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ξεινήϊον, τό, (ξεῖνος) only found in Ion. and Ep. form, A. hostʼs gift to a guest, in full δῶρα ξεινήϊα Od. 24.273 ; ἀντὶ ποδὸς ξεινήϊον, ironically, 22.290 ; also, provision made for a guest, ξεινήϊα πολλὰ φαγόντε 4.33 : more generally, gifts of (guest-) friendship, ἀλλήλοισι πόρον ξεινήϊα καλά Il. 6.218.
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