xenium
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin xenium.
Noun
xenium (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, Ancient Greece, Rome) A gift given to guests or foreign ambassadors, often of food.
- 1872, Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott, Traditions and customs of cathedrals (page 136)
Related terms
- xenial
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkse.ni.um/, [ˈks̠ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkse.ni.um/, [ˈksɛːnium]
Noun
xenium n (genitive xeniī or xenī); second declension
- a present, gift, especially one for a host or vice-versa.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | 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
- xeniolum
References
- “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