xenia

From New Latin xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā, “hospitality”).

xenia

1. plural of xenium

xenia (uncountable)

1. (classical studies) The concept of hospitality to strangers.
2. (botany) The effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm.

• carpoxenia
• metaxenia

• Xenia (Greek) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

xenia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of xenium

• “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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξενίᾱ (xeníā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈksɛɲ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲja
• Syllabification: xen‧ia
• Homophone: Ksenia

xenia f

1. (poetry) Xenien (biting epigram in the form of a two-line poem)

• xenia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• xenia in Polish dictionaries at PWN