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 • (xắnthĭon) 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 xắnthĭon	τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ xănthĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tằ xắnthĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου toû xănthĭ́ou	τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn xănthĭ́oin	τῶν ξᾰνθῐ́ων tôn xănthĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ξᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi xănthĭ́ōi	τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn xănthĭ́oin	τοῖς ξᾰνθῐ́οις toîs xănthĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον tò xắnthĭon	τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ xănthĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tằ xắnthĭă
Vocative	ξᾰ́νθῐον xắnthĭon	ξᾰνθῐ́ω xănthĭ́ō	ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ xắnthĭă
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