A.loving strangers, hospitable, Od.6.121, 8.576, al., Pi.O.3.1, N.1.20, X.HG6.1.3, 1 Ep.Ti.3.2, etc.; παθεῖν φιλόξενον ἔργον to meet with an act of hospitality, Pi.I.2.24; “τὸ εἶναι φ.” Arist.VV1250b34, cf. 1251b35; φιλόξεν᾽ 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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