ξεῖ

Ancient Greek

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Ξ ξ   –   English: xi

Alternative forms

• ξῖ (xî)
• ξῦ (xû)

Etymology

Shape comes from Phoenician 𐤎 (s). For name, compare φεῖ (pheî), χεῖ (kheî), ψεῖ (pseî).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksêː/ → /ksi/ → /ksi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksêː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksi/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi/

Noun

ξεῖ • (xeî) n (indeclinable)

1. xi, the name for the fourteenth letter Ξ, ξ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.

Descendants

• Greek: ξι (xi)

References

• “ξεῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξεῖ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette