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.

Related terms

xenial

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkse.ni.um/, [ˈksɛ.ni.ũ]

Noun

xenium n (genitive xeniī); second declension

a present, gift, especially one for a host or vice-versa.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	xenium	xenia
genitive	xeniī	xeniōrum
dative	xeniō	xeniīs
accusative	xenium	xenia
ablative	xeniō	xeniīs
vocative	xenium	xenia

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, 1883–1887)
xenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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