Ξανθίας

See also: ξανθιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξᾰνθός (xănthós, yellow) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, male name suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (Xănthĭ́āsm (genitive Ξᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Xanthias, commonly given to slaves in the plays of Aristophanes

Inflection

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