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Headword: *cei=noi
Adler number: xi,59
Translated headword: guest-friends
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A term for] friends from a foreign [country].
Greek Original:
*cei=noi: oi( a)po\ ce/nhs fi/loi.
Note:
Epic/Ionic for xenoi; cf. xi 36, xi 45, xi 57, xi 58. This nominative plural is evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Homer, Odyssey 1.187, where the scholia simply have 'friends'; but there are 10 other instances in Homer alone).
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; geography
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica ✝ on 17 February 2000@14:02:24.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (rearranged) on 1 June 2002@00:47:32.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status) on 30 August 2007@07:44:34.
David Whitehead on 19 June 2013@03:39:32.

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