ξάνθη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksán.tʰɛː/ → /ˈksan.θi/ → /ˈksan.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksán.tʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.tʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈksan.θi/

Noun

ξάνθη • (xánthē) f (genitive ξάνθης); first declension

1. kind of pale-coloured stone
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On Stones 37

Declension

First declension of ἡ ξάνθη; τῆς ξάνθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξάνθη hē xánthē	τὼ ξάνθᾱ tṑ xánthā	αἱ ξάνθαι hai xánthai
Genitive	τῆς ξάνθης tês xánthēs	τοῖν ξάνθαιν toîn xánthain	τῶν ξανθῶν tôn xanthôn
Dative	τῇ ξάνθῃ têi xánthēi	τοῖν ξάνθαιν toîn xánthain	ταῖς ξάνθαις taîs xánthais
Accusative	τὴν ξάνθην tḕn xánthēn	τὼ ξάνθᾱ tṑ xánthā	τᾱ̀ς ξάνθᾱς tā̀s xánthās
Vocative	ξάνθη xánthē	ξάνθᾱ xánthā	ξάνθαι xánthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ξάνθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press