ξεστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξέω (xéō) (from earlier *kses-) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kses.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksesˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksesˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksesˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksesˈtos/
Adjective
ξεστός • (xestós) m (feminine ξεστή, neuter ξεστόν); first/second declension
- smoothed, polished, wrought
Declension
First and second declension of ξεστός; ξεστή; ξεστόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ξεστός xestós | ξεστή xestḗ | ξεστόν xestón | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστᾱ́ xestā́ | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστοί xestoí | ξεσταί xestaí | ξεστᾰ́ xestá | |||||
Genitive | ξεστοῦ xestoû | ξεστῆς xestês | ξεστοῦ xestoû | ξεστοῖν xestoîn | ξεσταῖν xestaîn | ξεστοῖν xestoîn | ξεστῶν xestôn | ξεστῶν xestôn | ξεστῶν xestôn | |||||
Dative | ξεστῷ xestôi | ξεστῇ xestêi | ξεστῷ xestôi | ξεστοῖν xestoîn | ξεσταῖν xestaîn | ξεστοῖν xestoîn | ξεστοῖς xestoîs | ξεσταῖς xestaîs | ξεστοῖς xestoîs | |||||
Accusative | ξεστόν xestón | ξεστήν xestḗn | ξεστόν xestón | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστᾱ́ xestā́ | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστούς xestoús | ξεστᾱ́ς xestā́s | ξεστᾰ́ xestá | |||||
Vocative | ξεστέ xesté | ξεστή xestḗ | ξεστόν xestón | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστᾱ́ xestā́ | ξεστώ xestṓ | ξεστοί xestoí | ξεσταί xestaí | ξεστᾰ́ xestá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ξεστῶς xestôs | ξεστότερος xestóteros | ξεστότᾰτος xestótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ξεστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ξεστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ξεστός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ξεστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ξεστός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- burnish idem, page 105.
- carved idem, page 116.
- graven idem, page 371.
- polished idem, page 625.
- smooth idem, page 788.