Ξόϊς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksó.is/ → /ˈkso.is/ → /ˈkso.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksó.is/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkso.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkso.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkso.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkso.is/

Proper noun

Ξόϊς • (Xóïs) f (genitive Ξόϊδος); third declension

1. Xois, a city in the delta of the Nile

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ξόϊς; τῆς Ξόϊδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ξόϊς hē Xóïs
Genitive	τῆς Ξόϊδος tês Xóïdos
Dative	τῇ Ξόϊδῐ têi Xóïdi
Accusative	τὴν Ξόϊδᾰ tḕn Xóïda
Vocative	Ξόϊς Xóïs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: Xois

References

• Ξόϊς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette