ξεῖ
Ancient Greek
previous letter νῦ |
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following letter ὂ μικρόν |
Ξ ξ – English: xi |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Shape comes from Phoenician 𐤎 (s). For name, compare φεῖ (pheî), χεῖ (kheî), ψεῖ (pseî).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksêː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksi/
Noun
ξεῖ • (xeî) n (indeclinable)
- xi, the name for the fourteenth letter Ξ, ξ of the Ancient Greek alphabet.
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
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- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Phoenician
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