Lewis & Short

† xĕnĭum, ii, n., = ξένιον, a gift or present made to a guest (pure Lat. lautia).

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., a gift. present, Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 8; Dig. 1, 16, 6; Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 31.