ξεστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξέω (xéō) (from earlier *kses-) + -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kses.tós/ → /ksesˈtos/ → /ksesˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kses.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksesˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksesˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksesˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksesˈtos/

Adjective

ξεστός • (xestós) m (feminine ξεστή, neuter ξεστόν); first/second declension

1. smoothed, polished, wrought

Declension

First and second declension of ξεστός; ξεστή; ξεστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ξεστός xestós	ξεστή xestḗ	ξεστόν xestón		ξεστώ xestṓ	ξεστᾱ́ xestā́	ξεστώ xestṓ		ξεστοί xestoí	ξεσταί xestaí	ξεστᾰ́ xestá
Genitive		ξεστοῦ xestoû	ξεστῆς xestês	ξεστοῦ xestoû		ξεστοῖν xestoîn	ξεσταῖν xestaîn	ξεστοῖν xestoîn		ξεστῶν xestôn	ξεστῶν xestôn	ξεστῶν xestôn
Dative		ξεστῷ xestôi	ξεστῇ xestêi	ξεστῷ xestôi		ξεστοῖν xestoîn	ξεσταῖν xestaîn	ξεστοῖν xestoîn		ξεστοῖς xestoîs	ξεσταῖς xestaîs	ξεστοῖς xestoîs
Accusative		ξεστόν xestón	ξεστήν xestḗn	ξεστόν xestón		ξεστώ xestṓ	ξεστᾱ́ xestā́	ξεστώ xestṓ		ξεστούς xestoús	ξεστᾱ́ς xestā́s	ξεστᾰ́ xestá
Vocative		ξεστέ xesté	ξεστή xestḗ	ξεστόν xestón		ξεστώ xestṓ	ξεστᾱ́ xestā́	ξεστώ xestṓ		ξεστοί xestoí	ξεσταί xestaí	ξεστᾰ́ xestá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ξεστῶς xestôs				ξεστότερος xestóteros				ξεστότᾰτος xestótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξεστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ξεστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ξεστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ξεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξεστός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • burnish idem, page 105.
  • carved idem, page 116.
  • graven idem, page 371.
  • polished idem, page 625.
  • smooth idem, page 788.