xenium
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editxenium (plural xenia)
- A gift or offering.
- 1872, Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott, Traditions and customs of cathedrals, page 136:
- At Rochester the Bishop received a xenium or pension on St. Andrew's Day from the convent.
- (historical) A gift given to guests or foreign ambassadors, often of food, in Ancient Greece or Rome.
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkse.ni.um/, [ˈks̠ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkse.ni.um/, [ˈksɛːnium]
Noun
editxenium n (genitive xeniī or xenī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | xenium | xenia |
genitive | xeniī xenī1 |
xeniōrum |
dative | xeniō | xeniīs |
accusative | xenium | xenia |
ablative | xeniō | xeniīs |
vocative | xenium | xenia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “xenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- xenium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- xenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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