ξεῖ

Ancient Greek

previous letter νῦ		following letter ὂ μικρόν
Ξ ξ – English: xi

Alternative forms

ξῖ (xî)
ξῦ (xû)

Etymology

Shape comes from Phoenician 𐤎 (s‬). For name, compare φεῖ (pheî), χεῖ (kheî), ψεῖ (pseî).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksêː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi/

Noun

ξεῖ • (xeî) n (indeclinable)

xi, the name for the fourteenth letter Ξ, ξ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

Greek: ξι (xi)

References

“ξεῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ξεῖ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette