ξενία

See also: ξένια and Ξένια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξενῐ́η (xenĭ́ē) — Epic
• ξεινῐ́η (xeinĭ́ē), 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 (-ĭ́ā).

Noun

ξενῐ́ᾱ • (xenĭ́ā) 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 xenĭ́ā	τὼ ξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ xenĭ́ā	αἱ ξενῐ́αι hai xenĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ξενῐ́ᾱς tês xenĭ́ās	τοῖν ξενῐ́αιν toîn xenĭ́ain	τῶν ξενῐῶν tôn xenĭôn
Dative	τῇ ξενῐ́ᾳ têi xenĭ́āi	τοῖν ξενῐ́αιν toîn xenĭ́ain	ταῖς ξενῐ́αις taîs xenĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ξενῐ́ᾱν tḕn xenĭ́ān	τὼ ξενῐ́ᾱ tṑ xenĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ξενῐ́ᾱς tā̀s xenĭ́ās
Vocative	ξενῐ́ᾱ xenĭ́ā	ξενῐ́ᾱ xenĭ́ā	ξενῐ́αι xenĭ́ai
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 • (xenĭ́ā)

1. inflection of ξένῐος (xénĭos):
   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)