xenium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈziːnɪəm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gift or offering.
    — At Rochester the Bishop received a xenium or pension on St. Andrew's Day from the convent.
  2. A gift or offering.; A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. historical

词形变化

xenia plural

词汇关系

相关词
xenial

词源

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.
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