xenia

See also: Xenia, Xénia, xenía, and xénia

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, hospitality)

Noun

xenia

  1. plural of xenium

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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Latin

Noun

xenia

  1. nominative plural of xenium
  2. accusative plural of xenium
  3. 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 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
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