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πανδόκος

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

German (Pape)

[Seite 458] (so richtiger als πάνδοκος accentuirt), Alles in sich aufnehmend, allumfassend; ἄλσος, Pind. Ol. 3, 18; ναός, P. 8, 64; πανδόκον εἰς ἀφανῆ τε χέρσον, von der Unterwelt, Aesch. Spt. 842; bes. alle Fremden aufnehmend u. bewirthend, ξενίαις πανδόκοις, Pind. Ol. 4, 17; ἐν δόμοισι πανδόκοις ξένων, Aesch. Ch. 651; ξενόστασις, Soph. frg. 258; vgl. Poll. 9, 50 u. πανδόχος.