ἑστιάω

hestiao

receive at oneʼs hearth

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 8
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Book I 3
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345c6
354a10
354b1
Book II 1
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372c3
Book III 1
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404b12
Book V 1
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458a2
Book IX 1
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571d8
Book X 1
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612a1
Gorgias 2
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518d1
518e2
Phaedrus 2
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247e3
227b7
Symposium 2
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174c2
175b5
Hipparchus 1
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231b2
Hippias Major 1
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290e9
Lysis 1
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211c11
Theaetetus 1
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178d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑστιάω, Ion. and Dor. ἱστιάω, impf. εἱστίων Lys. 19.27, Ion. 3sg. ἱστία Hdt. 7.135 : fut. ἑστιάσω [ᾱ] Antiph. 68.1 : aor. 1 εἱστίᾱσα X. Cyr. 1.3.10, Is. 8.18, inf. ἑστιᾶσαι Ar. Nu. 1212 (later ἡστίασεν SIG 1104.26 (Athens, i B. C.), ἱσστίασεν ib.714.31 (Eretria, ii B. C.)) : pf. εἱστίᾱκα D. 21.156:—Med. and Pass., v. infr.: (ἑστία):—Α. receive at oneʼs hearth or in oneʼs house, ξένους Lys. 12.8 ; entertain, feast, τινα Hdt. l.c., Ar. Nu. 1212 ; ἐν δόμοισιν ξένον E. Alc. 765 ; ἑ. τινὰ ἰχθύσι on fish, Pl. R. 404b ; at Athens, ἑ. τὴν φυλήν (cf. ἑστίασις) D. 21.156 ; τὴν πόλιν Arist. EN 1122b23 ; of the dining-room, ὁ ἀνδρὼν .. ὁ ἑστιῶν αὐτούς Ael. VH 8.7. 2. abs., give a feast, ἑ. μεγαλοπρεπῶς ib.12.51 ; οἱ ἑστιῶντες entertainers, Pl. Grg. 518d ; τὸν ἱστιῶντʼ ἐπαινέω Epich. 35.4. 3. c. acc. cogn., Ζεὺς..Πέλοπι ἔρανον ἱστιῶν Id. 87 ; γάμους ἑ. give a marriage feast, E. HF 483, Ar. Av. 132 ; ἑ. νικητήρια X. Cyr. 8.4.1 ; ἐπινίκια D. 59.33 ; δεκάτην ὑπέρ τινος Id. 40.28 ; γενέθλια Luc. Herm. 11 : and c dupl.acc., ἅμα θύσαντα τὰ ἱερὰ ἑστιᾶσαι ἐκεῖνον Antipho 1.16 ; θεσμοφόρια ἑ. τὰς γυναῖκας Is. 3.80 ; τὴν γενέθλιον ἑ. τινά Luc. Dem.Enc. 26, cf. Symp. 2 : c. dat., Eup. 59. 4. metaph., ἑ. τινὰ λόγων καλῶν Pl. R. 571d, cf. Luc. Philops. 39 ; ἑ. τὰς ἀκοάς, τὴν ὄψιν, Ael. VH 3.1, NA 17.23, etc. II. Pass., with fut. Med. ἑστιάσομαι Pl. R. 345c, Tht. 178d ; later ἑστιᾱθήσομαι Sch.Ar. Ach. 977 : aor. 1 εἱστιάθην Pl. Phdr. 247e, (συν-) D. 19.190 ; later ἑστιάσασθαι S.E. M. 8.186 : pf. εἱστίᾱμαι Pl. R. 354a, Ion. inf. ἱστιῆσθαι Hdt. 5.20:—to be a guest, be feasted, Id. l.c., Pl. R. 372c ; ἑ. παρὰ ἀνδρὶ φίλῳ Antipho 1.26 : c. acc. rei. feast on.., ἑ. ἐνύπνιον have a visionary feast, ‘feast with the Barmecide’, Ar. V. 1218 ; ἑ. γῆν, τὰ ὄντα, Pl. R. 612a, Phdr. 247e : c. dat., εὐωδίᾳ X. Smp. 2.3 ; λόγοις Ath. 7.275b : metaph., ταῦτά σοι εἱστιάσθω ἐν τοῖς Βενδιδείοις Pl. R. 354a.

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