Ξανθίας
See also: ξανθιάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξᾰνθός (xănthós, “yellow”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, “male name suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksan.tʰí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksanˈtʰi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksanˈθi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksanˈθi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksanˈθi.as/
Proper noun
Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (Xănthĭ́ās) m (genitive Ξᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension
- a male given name, Xanthias, commonly given to slaves in the plays of Aristophanes
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς ho Xănthĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ξᾰνθῐ́ου toû Xănthĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾳ tōî Xănthĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱν tòn Xănthĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱ Xănthĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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References
- “Ξανθίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029