Ξανθίας

See also: ξανθιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξᾰνθός (xanthós, “yellow”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksan.tʰí.aːs/ → /ksanˈθi.as/ → /ksanˈθi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksan.tʰí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksanˈtʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksanˈθi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksanˈθi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksanˈθi.as/

Proper noun

Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς • (Xanthíās) m (genitive Ξᾰνθῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name: Xanthias, commonly given to slaves in the plays of Aristophanes
   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 243

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Ξᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱς ho Xanthíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ξᾰνθῐ́ου toû Xanthíou
Dative	τῷ Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾳ tôi Xanthíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱν tòn Xanthíān
Vocative	Ξᾰνθῐ́ᾱ Xanthíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Ξανθίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029