xenia

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See also: Xenia, xénia, xenía, xenią, and Xénia

English

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Etymology 1

From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, hospitality).

Noun

xenia (uncountable)

  1. (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
  2. (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.
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Etymology 2

From Xenia.

Noun

xenia (plural xenias)

  1. A coral of the genus Xenia of photosynthetic soft marine corals with many-branched arms which pulse and push water around the coral.
    • 2001, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, volume 24:
      [...] keep things like elegance corals, xenias and other soft corals and polyps that don't need maximum light levels.
    • 2009, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 57:
      Corals such as pulsing xenia will be fine if left above the waterline for short amounts of time during water [changes ... I'm fine with] xenias being exposed to air for a relatively brief period.

Etymology 3

Noun

xenia

  1. plural of xenium

Latin

Noun

xenia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of xenium

References

  • xenia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • xenia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • xenia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā).

Pronunciation

Noun

xenia f

  1. (poetry) Xenien (biting epigram in the form of a two-line poem)

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Further reading

  • xenia in Polish dictionaries at PWN