ἐφέστιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐπίστιος]], ον, Hdt. (v. infr.), ἐφ[ίστιος] prob. in ''SIG''1218.17 (lulis, v B.C.): ([[ἑστία]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[at one's own fireside]], [[at home]], [[ἀπολέσθαι ἐ]]. Od.3.234; [[Τρῶες]], [[ἐ. ὅσσοι ἔασιν]] as many as are in [[their own homes]], opp. [[ἐπίκουροι]], Il.2.125: with Verbs of motion, [[ὰλλ' ἐμὲ.. ἐφέστιον ἤγαγε δαίμων]] (i.e. [[ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν]]) Od.7.248; ἠλθε.. ἐ. 23.55. cf. E.''Rh.''201; [[ἐφέπτιον πῆξαι.. σκῆπτρον]] (i.e. [[ἐπὶ τῇ ἑστίᾳ]]) S. ''El.''419; of suppliants who claim protection by [[sitting by the fireside]], ἐπίστιος ἐμοὶ ἐγένεο Hdt.1.35: [[ἱκέτης καὶ δόμων ἐφέστιος]] = [[inmate of the temple]], A.''Eu.''577, cf. 669; [[κάθησθε δωμάτων ἐφέστιος]] Id.''Supp.''365; [[τόνδ' ἐ. θεῶν]] ib.503, cf. S.''OT''32; [[guest]], ἐλθόντ' ἐς δόμους ἐφέστιον Id.''Tr.''262; freq. in A.R., ἐ. ἐν μεγάροισιν 1.909, 3.1117, etc.: c. dat. pers., [[ἐ. ἀθανάτοισιν]] [[dwelling with]] them, 3.116, cf. 4.518: c. dat. loci, πηγῇσιν ἐ. Ἀσωποῖο 1.117.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[of the house]] or [[in the house]] or [[in the family]], πόνοι.. δόμων ἐφέστιοι A.''Th.''853 (lyr.); θύματα Id.''Ag.''1310; μίασμα Id.''Eu.''169 (lyr.); ἀλαλαγαί S.''Tr.''206 (lyr.); περιστερὰ οἰκέτις ἐ. τε Id.''Fr.''866; εὐναί E.''El.''216; [[ἐφέστιοι δόμοι]] = the [[chambers of the house]], A.''Th.''73: Ion. [[ἐπίστιον]], τό, [[household]], [[family]], Hdt.5.72,73; later [[ἐφέστιον]], τό, D.H.1.24, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''2106.18 (iv A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[θεοὶ ἐφέστιοι]] = the [[household gods]], to whom the [[hearth]] was dedicated, Hierocl.p.54 A.; [[Ζεὺς ἐπίστιος]] or [[Ζεὺς ἐφέστιος]] as [[Zeus presiding over hospitality]], Hdt.1.44, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 492; [[ἐφέστιον ἵδρυμα ἐν οἰκίᾳ ἔχων]] = [[a living image by the hearth]], Pl.''Lg.'' 931a.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἐπίστιος]], ἡ, v. [[ἐπίστιος]] ''ΙΙ''.