1. ξανθός · xanthos — Beekes
yellow, golden yellow, reddish, brownish, blond
The corpus record
ξανθός
xanthos
yellow, golden yellow, reddish, brownish, blond
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Iphigenia in Aulis 4 · 4.48/10k
- Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
- Timaeus 6 · 2.54/10k
- Odyssey 19 · 2.19/10k
- Iliad 23 · 2.06/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
- Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ξανθός · xanthos — Chantraine
« jaune, doré, blond », se distingue franchement de χλωρός + jaune-vert »
3. ξανθός · xanthos — Chantraine
pélasgiques, cf
4. ξανθός · xanthos — Frisk
“gelb, goldgelb, rötlich, bräunlich, blond’, von den Haaren (seit Il
5. ξανθός · xanthos — LSJ
yellow, brown, auburn, fair, golden
Attestations
- ξανθῆς · xanthēs Iliad 1.197
- ξανθὸς · xanthos Iliad 2.642
- ξανθὸς · xanthos Iliad 3.284
- ξανθῷ · xanthōi Iliad 3.434
- ξανθὸς · xanthos Iliad 4.183
- ξανθὸς · xanthos Iliad 4.210
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1084-1085; entry #4391 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 780; entry #5717 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1305; entry #4145 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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