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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kse.ní.aː/ → /kseˈni.a/ → /kseˈni.a/
Etymology 1
From ξένος (xénos, “stranger, guest”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Noun
ξενῐ́ᾱ • (xeníā) f (genitive ξενῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- hospitality, hospitable reception, entertainment
- guest room
- friendly relations
- the state/rights of a foreigner
- the idea that all strangers have a right to a certain gift, whether it is food, gold, entertainment or a place to stay
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
ξενῐ́ᾱ • (xeníā)
- inflection of ξένῐος (xénios):
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual
References
- “ξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ξενία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “ξενία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3578 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality”).
Noun
ξενία • (xenía) m (plural ξενίες)
- hospitality
Declension
Synonyms