1.sharing one's hearth or house, a fellow-lodger, guest, Lat. contubernalis, Soph., Eur.; —ξυνέστιοι πόλεος his fellow- citizens, Aesch.:—c. dat. pers., ς. σοι καὶ ὁμοτράπεζος Plat.; c. dat. rei, ξ. ἐμοὶ θοίνῃ associates with me in the feast, Eur.
2.of Zeus, guardian of the hearth, Aesch.