"xenium" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈziːnɪəm/ [British] Forms: xenia [plural]
enPR: ʹzēnĭəm [British] Etymology: Borrowed from Latin xenium, from Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion), neuter accusative of ξένῐος (xénĭos, “pertaining to a guest”, adjective), ultimately from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger”). First attested in the 1700s. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|xenium}} Borrowed from Latin xenium, {{der|en|grc|ξένιον|}} Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion), {{etydate/the|1700s}} the 1700s, {{etydate|1700s}} First attested in the 1700s Head templates: {{en-noun|xenia}} xenium (plural xenia)
  1. A gift or offering.
    Sense id: en-xenium-en-noun-yjJRx6u7
  2. A gift or offering.
    (historical) A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-xenium-en-noun-NPhyRZec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: xenial

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈkse.ni.um/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈks̠ɛniʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkse.ni.um/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈksɛːnium] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ξένιον|}} Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion) Head templates: {{la-noun|xenium<2>}} xenium n (genitive xeniī or xenī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|xenium<2>}} Forms: xeniī [genitive], xenī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], xenium [nominative, singular], xenia [nominative, plural], xeniī [genitive, singular], xenī [genitive, singular], xeniōrum [genitive, plural], xeniō [dative, singular], xeniīs [dative, plural], xenium [accusative, singular], xenia [accusative, plural], xeniō [ablative, singular], xeniīs [ablative, plural], xenium [singular, vocative], xenia [plural, vocative]
  1. a present, gift, especially one for a host or vice-versa. Tags: declension-2, neuter Derived forms: xeniolum

Inflected forms

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