ξάνθιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because it was used for dyeing the hair yellow.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksán.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈksan.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον tò xánthion |
τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ xanthíō |
τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà xánthia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου toû xanthíou |
τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn xanthíoin |
τῶν ξᾰνθῐ́ων tôn xanthíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi xanthíōi |
τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn xanthíoin |
τοῖς ξᾰνθῐ́οις toîs xanthíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον tò xánthion |
τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ xanthíō |
τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà xánthia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξᾰ́νθῐον xánthion |
ξᾰνθῐ́ω xanthíō |
ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ xánthia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Xanthium
Further reading
- “ξάνθιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξάνθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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