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ἑστιάω

ἑστιάω, to receive at one’s hearth

ἑστιάω, Ion. and Dor. ἱστιάω, impf. εἱστίων Lys. 19.27, Ion. 3 sg. ἱστία Hdt. 7.135: fut. ἑστιάσω [ᾱ] Antiph. 68.1: aor. 1 εἱστίᾱσα X. Cyr. 1.3.10, Is. 8.18, inf. ἑστιᾶσαι Ar. Nu. 1212 (later ἡστίασεν SIG 1104.26 (Athens, i B. C.), ἱσστίασεν ib. 714.31 (Eretria, ii B. C.)): pf. εἱστίᾱκα D. 21.156:—Med. and Pass., v. infr.: (ἑστία):—
  • receive at oneʼs hearth or in oneʼs house, ξένους Lys. 12.8; entertain, feast, τινα Hdt. l.c., Ar. Nu. 1212; ἐν δόμοισιν ξένον E. Alc. 765; ἑ. τινὰ ἰχθύσι on fish, Pl. R. 404b; at Athens, ἑ. τὴν φυλήν (cf. ἑστίασις) D. 21.156; τὴν πόλιν Arist. EN 1122b23; of the dining-room, ὁ ἀνδρὼν .. ὁ ἑστιῶν αὐτούς Ael. VH 8.7.
      • 2 abs., give a feast, ἑ. μεγαλοπρεπῶς ib. 12.51; οἱ ἑστιῶντες entertainers, Pl. Grg. 518d; τὸν ἱστιῶντʼ ἐπαινέω Epich. 35.4.
      • 3 c. acc. cogn., Ζεὺς..Πέλοπι ἔρανον ἱστιῶν Id. 87; γάμους ἑ. give a marriage feast, E. HF 483, Ar. Av. 132; ἑ. νικητήρια X. Cyr. 8.4.1; ἐπινίκια D. 59.33; δεκάτην ὑπέρ τινος Id. 40.28; γενέθλια Luc. Herm. 11: and c dupl.acc., ἅμα θύσαντα τὰ ἱερὰ ἑστιᾶσαι ἐκεῖνον Antipho 1.16; θεσμοφόρια ἑ. τὰς γυναῖκας Is. 3.80; τὴν γενέθλιον ἑ. τινά Luc. Dem.Enc. 26, cf. Symp. 2: c. dat., Eup. 59.
      • 4 metaph., ἑ. τινὰ λόγων καλῶν Pl. R. 571d, cf. Luc. Philops. 39; ἑ. τὰς ἀκοάς, τὴν ὄψιν, Ael. VH 3.1, NA 17.23, etc.
    • II Pass., with fut. Med. ἑστιάσομαι Pl. R. 345c, Tht. 178d; later ἑστιᾱθήσομαι Sch. Ar. Ach. 977: aor. 1 εἱστιάθην Pl. Phdr. 247e, (συν-) D. 19.190; later ἑστιάσασθαι S.E. M. 8.186: pf. εἱστίᾱμαι Pl. R. 354a, Ion. inf. ἱστιῆσθαι Hdt. 5.20:—to be a guest, be feasted, Id. l.c., Pl. R. 372c; ἑ. παρὰ ἀνδρὶ φίλῳ Antipho 1.26: c. acc. rei. feast on.., ἑ. ἐνύπνιον have a visionary feast, ‘feast with the Barmecide’, Ar. V. 1218; ἑ. γῆν, τὰ ὄντα, Pl. R. 612a, Phdr. 247e: c. dat., εὐωδίᾳ X. Smp. 2.3; λόγοις Ath. 7.275b: metaph., ταῦτά σοι εἱστιάσθω ἐν τοῖς Βενδιδείοις Pl. R. 354a.

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