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Ancient Greek: ksantʰós
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Lexeme data
Language:
Ancient Greek
Meaning:
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Source form:
ξανθός
Phonological form:
ksantʰós
Gloss:
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Notes:
G.sg. ξανθοῦ. ξανθός, ξανθή, ξανθόν.
Cognate codes:
Q
Sources of lexical data
Source:
Blažek, Václav. 2010. Glottochronogical analysis of the Greek lexicon: Modern, Tsakonian, Old and Mycenaean Greek. Graeco-Latina Brunensia, vol. 15.
Reliability:
High
Source:
LSJ = H. G. Liddell, R. Scott. H. S. Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon. (Oxford, rev. ed. with supplement 1968)
Reliability:
High
Comment:
Typically used to describe fair, golden hair, corn, and other similarly coloured objects.
Cognate coding
Cognate Class Q
Source:
Beekes, Robert. 2010. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Leiden: Brill.
Reliability:
High