ξηνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with ἐπίξηνον (epíxēnon, “chopping-block”), but further details are obscure.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksɛː.nós/ → /ksiˈnos/ → /ksiˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈnos/

Noun

ξηνός • (xēnós) m (genitive ξηνοῦ); second declension

1. (botany) squared trunk of a tree, block

   Synonym: κορμός (kormós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ξηνός; τοῦ ξηνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ξηνός ho xēnós	τὼ ξηνώ tṑ xēnṓ	οἱ ξηνοί hoi xēnoí
Genitive	τοῦ ξηνοῦ toû xēnoû	τοῖν ξηνοῖν toîn xēnoîn	τῶν ξηνῶν tôn xēnôn
Dative	τῷ ξηνῷ tôi xēnôi	τοῖν ξηνοῖν toîn xēnoîn	τοῖς ξηνοῖς toîs xēnoîs
Accusative	τὸν ξηνόν tòn xēnón	τὼ ξηνώ tṑ xēnṓ	τοὺς ξηνούς toùs xēnoús
Vocative	ξηνέ xēné	ξηνώ xēnṓ	ξηνοί xēnoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ξηνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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