ξενία

See also: ξένια and Ξένια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξενῐ́η (xeníē) — Epic
• ξεινῐ́η (xeiníē), ξεινηΐη (xeinēḯē) — Ionic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kse.ní.aː/ → /kseˈni.a/ → /kseˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kse.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kseˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kseˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kseˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kseˈni.a/

Etymology 1

From ξένος (xénos, “stranger, guest”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Noun

ξενῐ́ᾱ • (xeníā) f (genitive ξενῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. hospitality, hospitable reception, entertainment
2. guest room
3. friendly relations
4. the state/rights of a foreigner
5. the idea that all strangers have a right to a certain gift, whether it is food, gold, entertainment or a place to stay

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξενῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ξενῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξενῐ́ᾱ hē xeníā	τὼ ξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ xeníā	αἱ ξενῐ́αι hai xeníai
Genitive	τῆς ξενῐ́ᾱς tês xeníās	τοῖν ξενῐ́αιν toîn xeníain	τῶν ξενῐῶν tôn xeniôn
Dative	τῇ ξενῐ́ᾳ têi xeníāi	τοῖν ξενῐ́αιν toîn xeníain	ταῖς ξενῐ́αις taîs xeníais
Accusative	τὴν ξενῐ́ᾱν tḕn xeníān	τὼ ξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ xeníā	τᾱ̀ς ξενῐ́ᾱς tā̀s xeníās
Vocative	ξενῐ́ᾱ xeníā	ξενῐ́ᾱ xeníā	ξενῐ́αι xeníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ξενῐ́ᾱ • (xeníā)

1. inflection of ξένῐος (xénios):
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

References

• “ξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξενία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “ξενία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3578 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hospitality idem, page 407.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitality”).

Noun

ξενία • (xenía) m (plural ξενίες)

1. hospitality

Declension

Declension of ξενία

	singular	plural
nominative	ξενία (xenía)	ξενίες (xeníes)
genitive	ξενίας (xenías)	ξενιών (xenión)
accusative	ξενία (xenía)	ξενίες (xeníes)
vocative	ξενία (xenía)	ξενίες (xeníes)

Synonyms

• φιλοξενία f (filoxenía)