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ἑστία

ἑστία, the hearth of a house, fireside; family

ἑστία, ἡ, Ion. ἱστίη (as always in Hom. (exc. in ἀνέστιος, ἐφέστιος) and Hdt., cf. Schwyzer 687.1 (Chios, vii/vi B. C.), IG 12(5).554 (Ceos), and
  • v. ἐφέστιος; ἑστίῃ is f.l. in Hes. Op. 734); Boeot. ἱστία (Ἱ.) IG 7.556 (Tanagra); also Coan, SIG 1025.29, and Arc., ib. 559.55; Locr. ἰστία IG 9(1).334.7; both forms in Cretan, Ἑστία SIG 527.15 (iii B. C.), Ἱστία GDI 5079.7, al.:—hearth of a house, in Hom. only in solemn appeals, ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς πρῶτα θεῶν..ἱστίη τʼ Ὀδυσῆος Od. 14.159, al., cf. Hdt. 4.68, S. El. 881; καθῆσθαι παρʼ ἑστίᾳ, of suppliants, Pi. Fr. 81; ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν καθίζεσθαι Th. 1.136; ἡ δορύξενος ἑ. S. OC 633; ἑ. μεσόμφαλος A. Ag. 1056; ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρʼ ἑστίᾳ Id. Fr. 362.3.
      • 2 the house itself, home, Pi. O. 1.11, P. 11.13: freq. in Trag., as A. Ch. 264, etc.; διξὰς ἱστίας οἴκεε Hdt. 5.40; καταλείποντα ἐν τᾷ ἰστίᾳ παῖδα ἡβάταν, of a colonist, IG 9(1).334 (Locr., v B. C.): metaph., of the last home, the grave, τὰν χθόνιον ἑ. ἰδεῖν S. OC 1726 (lyr.).
      • 3 household, family, οἱ πολλοί, πλὴν ὀγδώκοντα ἱστιέων κτλ., Hdt. 1.176; ἱστίη οὐδεμία νομιζομένη εἶναι Γλαύκου Id. 6.86.δʹ.
      • 4 altar, like ἐσχάρα, A. Th. 275, Eu. 282; βούθυτος ἑ. S. OC 1495 (lyr.); γᾶς μεσσόμφαλος ἑ., of the Delphic shrine, E. Ion 462 (lyr.); Πυθόμαντις ἑ. S. OT 965; βωμός, ἑ. χθονός (as a sanctuary) A. Supp. 372 (lyr.); ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. the public altar, serving as. a sanctuary to refugees, IG 2(2).1029, Arist. Pol. 1322b28; πολιτικὴ ἑ. App. Pun. 84:—ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. also of the public table, ἐδέξαντο τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἑ. Plb. 29.5.6, cf. IG 5(1).961 (Cotyrta), 7.21 (Orchomenus in Boeotia), Poll. 9.40; μυηθεὶς ἀφʼ ἑστίας, of a class of public initiates at Eleusis, Is. Fr. 84, cf. IG 2.1355, al.; so ὁ ἀφʼ ἑ. παῖς Porph. Abst. 4.5; simply ὁ ἀφʼ ἑ., ἡ ἀφʼ ἑ., Ἐφ.Ἀρχ. 1894.176, 1885.146.
      • 5 metaph., of places which are to a country as the hearth to a house, as a metropolis, Plb. 5.58.4; ἑ. καὶ μητρόπολις D.S. 4.19; of Delos, ἱστίη ὦ νήσων Call. Del. 325:—Pythag., of the central fire of the universe, Philol. 7, etc., cf. Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 38.23; of the earth, E. Fr. 944; of the heart in the body, Arist. PA 70a25; μίαν, ἰδίαν ἑ. ἤθους οὐκ ἔχειν, Plu. Adul. 2.52a, Fort. 97a; of the liver as focus of a fever, Gal. 15.742.
    • II as pr. n. Ἑστία, Ion. Ἱστίη, Ἑστίη, h.Hom. 24.1, v.l. in Hes. Th. 454:—the hearth-goddess, h.Ven. 22, Hes. Th. l.c., Pi. N. 11.1, etc., cf. h.Hom. 24,29, Orph. H. 84, D.S. 5.68; Ἑ. βουλαία IG 12(5).732 (Andros), Aeschin. 2.45, App. Mith. 23; Ἑ. πρυτανεία IG 12(5).659 (Syros); worshipped as ἡ κοινὴ Ἑ. by the Getae, D.S. 1.94, cf. Hdt. 4.127: prov., ἀφʼ Ἑστίας ἄρχεσθαι to begin from the beginning, Ar. V. 846, Pl. Euthphr. 3a; ἀπʼ ἄλλης Ἑ. καὶ ἀρχῆς τὰς πράξεις προχειρίζεσθαι Str. 1.1.16 (also ἐξ ἑ. ἄρχεσθαι Hsch.); ἡ Ἑ. γελᾷ, of the fire crackling, Arist. Mete. 369a32.
      • 2 = Lat. Vesta, Str. 5.2.3, Plu. Rom. 2, etc.
      • 3 title of a priestess, IG 9(1).486 (Acarnania); ἑ. πόλεως, as an honorary title, ib. 5(1).583 (Sparta). [ῑ in Od. in the appellat. 14.159, ῐ in h.Hom. in pr.n.; in Hes. the reverse: ῐ always in Com.and Trag.] (Etymological connexion with Vesta is doubtful; the dialects never have ϝ-, exc. in the pr. n. ϝιστίαυ (gen.sg.masc.)IG 5(2).271.18 (Mantinea); cf. γιστία.)

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