xenia

See also: Xenia, xenía, xénia, and Xénia

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.

Translations

ancient concept of hospitality

• Ido: xenio (io)
• Slovak: xénia f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: xenía

Derived terms

• metaxenia

See also

• Xenia (Greek) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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 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