ἑστίασις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A feasting, banqueting, entertainment, Th.6.46 (pl.), Pl.R.612a (pl.), D.19.234 ; λόγων ἑ. a banquet of speeches, Pl. Ti.27b ; ἑ. συμφορητός, = ἔρανος, Arist.Pol.1286a29.    II public dinner given by a citizen to his fellow-citizens, as a λειτουργία, ib.1321a37.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1044] ἡ, das Bewirthen, das Geben eines Schmauses, der Schmaus, Thuc. 6, 46; Plat. Rep. I, 352 b; Dem. 19, 234, was 235 erkl. wird τοὺς παρὰ τοῦ Φιλίππου πρέσβεις ἐξένισα; auch übertr., τὴν τῶν λόγων ἑστ. Plat. Tim. 27 b; Plut. – In Athen eine Liturgie, die Speisung der Stammgenossen.