ξουθός

See also: Ξοῦθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksuː.tʰós/ → /ksuˈθos/ → /ksuˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksuː.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksuˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksuˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksuˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksuˈθos/

Adjective

ξουθός • (xouthós) m (feminine ξουθή, neuter ξουθόν); first/second declension

1. nimble, rapid
2. rustling, whirring
3. chirruping, twittering, trilling
4. golden yellow

Inflection

First and second declension of ξουθός; ξουθή; ξουθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ξουθός xouthós	ξουθή xouthḗ	ξουθόν xouthón		ξουθώ xouthṓ	ξουθᾱ́ xouthā́	ξουθώ xouthṓ		ξουθοί xouthoí	ξουθαί xouthaí	ξουθᾰ́ xouthá
Genitive		ξουθοῦ xouthoû	ξουθῆς xouthês	ξουθοῦ xouthoû		ξουθοῖν xouthoîn	ξουθαῖν xouthaîn	ξουθοῖν xouthoîn		ξουθῶν xouthôn	ξουθῶν xouthôn	ξουθῶν xouthôn
Dative		ξουθῷ xouthôi	ξουθῇ xouthêi	ξουθῷ xouthôi		ξουθοῖν xouthoîn	ξουθαῖν xouthaîn	ξουθοῖν xouthoîn		ξουθοῖς xouthoîs	ξουθαῖς xouthaîs	ξουθοῖς xouthoîs
Accusative		ξουθόν xouthón	ξουθήν xouthḗn	ξουθόν xouthón		ξουθώ xouthṓ	ξουθᾱ́ xouthā́	ξουθώ xouthṓ		ξουθούς xouthoús	ξουθᾱ́ς xouthā́s	ξουθᾰ́ xouthá
Vocative		ξουθέ xouthé	ξουθή xouthḗ	ξουθόν xouthón		ξουθώ xouthṓ	ξουθᾱ́ xouthā́	ξουθώ xouthṓ		ξουθοί xouthoí	ξουθαί xouthaí	ξουθᾰ́ xouthá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ξουθῶς xouthôs				ξουθότερος xouthóteros				ξουθότᾰτος xouthótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ξουθόπτερος (xouthópteros)

Further reading

• “ξουθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξουθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN