φιλοξενία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῐλόξενος (phĭlóxenos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lok.se.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.lok.seˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.lok.seˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.lok.seˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.lok.seˈni.a/
Noun
φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ • (phĭloxenĭ́ā) f (genitive φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ hē phĭloxenĭ́ā |
τὼ φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ phĭloxenĭ́ā |
αἱ φῐλοξενῐ́αι hai phĭloxenĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱς tês phĭloxenĭ́ās |
τοῖν φῐλοξενῐ́αιν toîn phĭloxenĭ́ain |
τῶν φῐλοξενῐῶν tôn phĭloxenĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φῐλοξενῐ́ᾳ têi phĭloxenĭ́āi |
τοῖν φῐλοξενῐ́αιν toîn phĭloxenĭ́ain |
ταῖς φῐλοξενῐ́αις taîs phĭloxenĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱν tḕn phĭloxenĭ́ān |
τὼ φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ phĭloxenĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phĭloxenĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ phĭloxenĭ́ā |
φῐλοξενῐ́ᾱ phĭloxenĭ́ā |
φῐλοξενῐ́αι phĭloxenĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: philoxenia
- Greek: φιλοξενία (filoxenía)
Further reading
- “φιλοξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φιλοξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φιλοξενία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
φιλοξενία • (filoxenía) f (plural φιλοξενίες)
- hospitality
- (by extension) accommodation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φιλοξενία (filoxenía) | φιλοξενίες (filoxeníes) |
| genitive | φιλοξενίας (filoxenías) | φιλοξενιών (filoxenión) |
| accusative | φιλοξενία (filoxenía) | φιλοξενίες (filoxeníes) |
| vocative | φιλοξενία (filoxenía) | φιλοξενίες (filoxeníes) |
Synonyms
- ξενία f (xenía)
Related terms
- φιλικός (filikós, “friendly”)
- φιλόξενος (filóxenos, “hospitable”)
- φιλοξενούμενος (filoxenoúmenos, “guest”, participle)
- φιλοξενώ (filoxenó, “to accommodate”)
Further reading
φιλοξενία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
