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ἑστιάω

α-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἑστιά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e(sti/a

Sense

to receive at one's hearth or in one's house: to entertain, feast, regale, to give a feast
to give, feast
to be a guest, be feasted, feast, to have a, feast

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἑστίω	ἑστίᾳς	ἑστίᾳ
Dual		ἑστίᾱτον	ἑστίᾱτον
Plural	ἑστίωμεν	ἑστίᾱτε	ἑστίωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἑστίω	ἑστίῃς	ἑστίῃ
Dual		ἑστίητον	ἑστίητον
Plural	ἑστίωμεν	ἑστίητε	ἑστίωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἑστίῳμι	ἑστίῳς	ἑστίῳ
Dual		ἑστίῳτον	ἑστιῷτην
Plural	ἑστίῳμεν	ἑστίῳτε	ἑστίῳεν
Imperative	Singular		ἑστῖᾱ	ἑστιᾶτω
Dual		ἑστίᾱτον	ἑστιᾶτων
Plural		ἑστίᾱτε	ἑστιῶντων, ἑστιᾶτωσαν
Infinitive	ἑστίᾱν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἑστιων ἑστιωντος	ἑστιωσα ἑστιωσης	ἑστιων ἑστιωντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἑστίωμαι	ἑστίᾳ	ἑστίᾱται
Dual		ἑστίᾱσθον	ἑστίᾱσθον
Plural	ἑστιῶμεθα	ἑστίᾱσθε	ἑστίωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἑστίωμαι	ἑστίῃ	ἑστίηται
Dual		ἑστίησθον	ἑστίησθον
Plural	ἑστιώμεθα	ἑστίησθε	ἑστίωνται
Optative	Singular	ἑστιῷμην	ἑστίῳο	ἑστίῳτο
Dual		ἑστίῳσθον	ἑστιῷσθην
Plural	ἑστιῷμεθα	ἑστίῳσθε	ἑστίῳντο
Imperative	Singular		ἑστίω	ἑστιᾶσθω
Dual		ἑστίᾱσθον	ἑστιᾶσθων
Plural		ἑστίᾱσθε	ἑστιᾶσθων, ἑστιᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἑστίᾱσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἑστιωμενος ἑστιωμενου	ἑστιωμενη ἑστιωμενης	ἑστιωμενον ἑστιωμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἑστιῶντων, ἑστιᾶτωσαν

Infinitive

ἑστίᾱν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἑστιων ἑστιωντος

ἑστιωσα ἑστιωσης

ἑστιων ἑστιωντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἑστιᾶσθων, ἑστιᾶσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἑστίᾱσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἑστιωμενος ἑστιωμενου

ἑστιωμενη ἑστιωμενης

ἑστιωμενον ἑστιωμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἡστῖων	ἡστῖᾱς	ἡστῖᾱν*
Dual		ἡστίᾱτον	ἡστιᾶτην
Plural	ἡστίωμεν	ἡστίᾱτε	ἡστῖων
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἡστιῶμην	ἡστίω	ἡστίᾱτο
Dual		ἡστίᾱσθον	ἡστιᾶσθην
Plural	ἡστιῶμεθα	ἡστίᾱσθε	ἡστίωντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

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Examples

"καὶ σύ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, καὶ συνδείπνει μεθ’ ἡμῶν τὸν υἱὸν γὰρ ἐγὼ κελεύσω ἐν τῇ γυναικωνίτιδι μετὰ τῆσ μητρὸσ ἑστιᾶσθαι, ὡσ σὺ χώραν ἔχῃσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 11:1)
σὺ δὲ οἰσυΐνην ἀσπίδα ἔχων, εὐσταλὴσ καὶ κοῦφοσ εἰσ σωτηρίαν, ἕτοιμοσ ἑστιᾶσθαι τὰ ἐπινίκια, ἐπειδὰν θύῃ ὁ στρατηγὸσ νενικηκώσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 21:5)
ἤδη γὰρ ἐξέσται τόθ’ ὑμῖν πλεῖν μένειν βινεῖν καθεύδειν, ἐσ πανηγύρεισ θεωρεῖν, ἑστιᾶσθαι κοτταβίζειν, συβαρίζειν ἰοῦ ἰοῦ κεκραγέναι. (Aristophanes, Peace, Parodos, pnigos2)
εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸ περὶ τοὺσ Εἵλωτασ ἀναγκάσει τισ ἡμᾶσ εἰσ τὴν Λυκούργου θέσθαι πολιτείαν, ὠμότατον ἔργον καὶ παρανομώτατον, μακρῷ τινι τὸν Νομᾶν ἑλληνικώτερον γεγονέναι νομοθέτην φήσομεν, ὅσ γε καὶ τοὺσ ὡμολογημένουσ δούλουσ ἔγευσε τιμῆσ ἐλευθέρασ, ἐν τοῖσ Κρονίοισ ἑστιᾶσθαι μετὰ τῶν δεσποτῶν ἀναμεμιγμένουσ ἐθίσασ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa, chapter 1 4:3)
Μεγαρεῖσ Θεαγένη τὸν τύραννον ἐκβαλόντεσ, ὀλίγον χρόνον ἐσωφρόνησαν κατὰ τὴν πολιτείαν εἶτα πολλὴν κατὰ Πλάτωνα καὶ ἄκρατον αὐτοῖσ ἐλευθερίαν τῶν δημαγωγῶν οἰνοχοούντων, διαφθαρέντεσ παντάπασι τὰ τά ἄλλα τοῖσ πλουσίοισ ἀσελγῶσ προσεφέροντο, καὶ παριόντεσ εἰσ τὰσ οἰκίασ αὐτῶν οἱ πένητεσ ἠξίουν ἑστιᾶσθαι καὶ δειπνεῖν πολυτελῶσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 182)

Synonyms

to receive at one's hearth or in one's house
- συνεστιάω (to entertain in one's house, to feast along with or together)
to give
- δαίνυμι (to divide, feast, to give)
- ἐκθοινάομαι (to feast on)
- ἀντικαταλλάσσομαι (to give, for)
- ἀποφέρω (to give in)
- ἐνδίδωμι (to give in)
to be a guest
- δαίνυμι (to have a feast given one, to feast)

Derived

ἀνθεστιάω (to entertain in return or mutually)
συνεστιάω (to entertain in one's house, to feast along with or together)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἑστιάω

Sense

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to receive at one's hearth or in one's house

to give

to be a guest

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ἑστιάω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to receive at one's hearth or in one's house

to give

to be a guest

Derived

Similar forms

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