ε3869Ἐφ' ἑστίας
at the hearth
Meaning at home. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] e)fe/stion, meaning being at the household, that is, neighboring. Sophocles [writes]: "then taking this scepter he planted it at the hearth."
Ἐφ' ἑστίας· ἀντὶ τοῦ κατ' οἶκον. καὶ Ἐφέστιον, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν γενόμενον, τουτέστιν ἔποικον. Σοφοκλῆς· εἶτα τόνδ' ἐφέστιον πῆξαι λαβόντα σκῆπτρον.