xĕnĭum — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

xĕnĭum, ii, n., = ξένιον, a gift or present made to a guest (pure Lat. lautia). Lit., Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 14; Vitr. 6, 10.—Hence, Xenia, the title of the thirteenth book of Martial's epigrams, because treating of such things as were usually presented to guests, Mart. 13, 3, 1.— Transf., in gen., a gift. present, Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8; Dig. 1, 16, 6; Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 31.

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xĕnĭum

Headword (normalized):

xĕnĭum

Headword (normalized/stripped):

xenium

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51508

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n51467

Key:

xenium

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