ξάνθιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because it was used for dyeing the hair yellow.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ξᾰ́νθῐον • (xánthion) n (genitive ξᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension

1. cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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