ξενία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- hospitality, hospitable reception, entertainment
- guest room
- friendly relations
- the state/rights of a foreigner
- the idea that all strangers have a right to a certain gift, whether it is food, gold, entertainment or a place to stay
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ξένος (foreign, stranger, guest, strange, of a stranger, foreigner, alien).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ξένος
Gloss
foreign, stranger, guest, strange, of a stranger, foreigner, alien
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -xeny English
- Xena English
- Xenia English
- metaxenia English
- xenagogue English
- xenia English
- xeno- English
- xenogamy English
- xenophobia English
- xenyl English
- Senja Finnish
- Philoxenus Latin
- Xenia Latin
- phobia Latin
- pyroxène French
- xéno- French
- xénophilie French
- Ксения Russian
- Оксана Russian
- xenón Spanish, Castilian
- Καλλίξενος Ancient Greek
- Κλεόξενος Ancient Greek
- Μενέξενος Ancient Greek
- Ξενίας Ancient Greek
- Ξενοκλῆς Ancient Greek
- Ξενοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ξενοφάνης Ancient Greek
- Ξενοφῶν Ancient Greek
- Πολυξένη Ancient Greek
- Τιμόξενος Ancient Greek
- Φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- ξένιος Ancient Greek
- ξένος Ancient Greek
- ξενοκτόνος Ancient Greek
- ξενοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- πρόξενος Ancient Greek
- τρώγλη Ancient Greek
- φιλόξενος Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστόξενος Ancient Greek
- ξένος Greek (modern)
- ξενία Greek (modern)
- xeno- Translingual
- Ksenija Latvian
- xenón Slovak
- xenón Asturian
- אכסניא Aramaic
- אכסניתא Aramaic
- *ksénwos Proto-Hellenic