Jastrow: אַכְסַנְיָא

אַכְסַנְיָא f. (ξενία) 1) hospitality, lodging. Ex. R. s. 35 א׳ נעשו וכ׳ (Pes. 118ᵇ, corr. acc) they were a lodging place to my children in Egypt (they offered hospitality to &c.).—בעל א׳ host. Pesik. R. s. 11; cmp. אוּשְׁפִּיזְכָן.—B. Mets. 85ᵃ תורה מחזרת על א׳ שלה scholarship likes to come around to its inn again (to be hereditary in the family); a. fr. —2) (= בעלת א׳) hostess. B. Mets. 87ᵃ one must inquire בא׳ שלו after the health of his hostess. —3) quarter given to troops on march or to transient poor men; also the passing troop, or the passing poor; (individ.) beggar. Targ. Job XXXI, 32; a. e.—B. Bath. 11ᵇ א׳ לפי בני אדם the quartering (of soldiers takes place) in proportion to the number of inmates (of each house). Dem. III, 1; v. Y. ib. 23ᵇ top. Tosef. Shebi. V, 21 אין מאכילין אכסניין וכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. את אכסניא) you are not allowed to give … to soldiers quartered with you. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ ההן א׳ עלובתא this poor beggar. Ib. א׳ עלו׳ poor beggars. Lev. R. s. 34. Lam. R. to I, 1 (חד מירו׳) בר נש א׳ a poor man. —4) a gathering of scholars entertained by the hospitable of the place. Y. Ber. IV, 8ᵇ top נפיק לא׳ leaving for the scholars’ meeting. Bab. Ber. 63ᵇ פתח בכבוד א׳ opened his speech in honor of hospitality to scholars.