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εὔξενος

εὔξενος, kind to strangers, hospitable

εὔξενος, Ion. εὔξεινος, ον,
  • kind to strangers, hospitable, ἀνδρῶνας εὐ. δόμων the guest-chambers, A. Ch. 712; λιμὴν εὐξεινότατος ναύταις E. Hipp. 157 (lyr.). Ep. Adv. ἐϋξείνως A.R. 1.963, 1179.
    • II πόντος εὔ. the Euxine, now the Black Sea, Hdt. 1.6, al., E. IT 125 (lyr., codd., sed leg. Ἀξείνου); and so εὔ. (leg. ἄξ-) οἶδμα Id. HF 410 (lyr.); εὔ. πέλαγος Pi. N. 4.49; ὁ Εὔξεινος alone, Str. 11.1.5; cf. ἄξενος: εὔξεινος is a euphemism, like Εὐμενίδες.

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