The corpus record

ξανθίζω

xanthizo

make yellow

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Where it lives

Leviticus 3 · 1.6/10k

What it meant — LSJ

make yellow, brown, with hair dyed yellow

make yellow or brown, by roasting or frying, Ar. Ach. 1047, cj. in Philem. 79.6 ; ἐξανθισμέναι with hair dyed yellow, Ar. Lys. 43 (v.l. for ἐξηνθισμέναι), cf. Com.Adesp. 289 ; dub. in D.H. 7.9 ; τὴν τρίχα -όμενος Duris 10 J.

II to be yellow

intr., to be yellow, LXX Le. 13.30 ; τρίχες -ουσαι Alciphr. Fr. 5.4.

In the wild

ξανθίζουσα · xanthizousa Septuaginta, Leviticus 13
ξανθίζουσα · xanthizousa Septuaginta, Leviticus 13
ξανθίζουσα · xanthizousa Septuaginta, Leviticus 13

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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