ξενοδόκος
xenodokos
one who receives strangers, host
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ξενοδόκος, Ion. and Ep. ξεινοδόκος, ὁ,
‹ All lexicon entries one who receives strangers, host, ἵνʼ ὁμῶς τερπώμεθα πάντες ξεινοδόκοι καὶ ξεῖνος Od. 8.543 ; ξεῖνος μιμνήσκεται ἤματα πάντα ἀνδρὸς ξεινοδόκου 15.55, cf. Il. 3.354, Od. 8.210, 16.27, Or. 2.96a, AP 10.15 ():—later ξενο-δόχος, 2.17, al.; head of a ξενοδοχεῖον, Nov. 7.1, al.
II. witness, 84.7, cf. —The forms ξενοδόχος, -δοχέω, -δοχία are condemned by p.271 P., p.251R. ; cf. ξενηδόκος.