X , x, xi`, tov , indecl., fourteenth letter of the Gk. alphabet: as numeral xV = 60, but Ëx = 60,000: introduced in the archonship of Euclides, 403 B. C.—It is a double consonant, compounded of g", k" , or c" . Changes
1. x in Aeol. and Att. appears as an aspirated form of k , cf. xunov" with koinov", xuvn with cum; —or of " , cf. xuvn with suvn, xevsth" with Lat. sextarius ; and so in Dor. fut. of Verbs in -zw, komivxw kla/xw` paixw` for komivsw klhv/sw paivsw .
2. interchanged with s" , Ion. dixov", trixov" for dissov", trissov" .
xaivnw, XAI vNW
XAI vNW , f. xa±nw` : aor. I e[xhna :—Pass., aor ejxavnqhn :— to comb or card wool, so as to make it fit for spinning, Od., etc.
2.
of cloth,
to full
or
dress
it, Ar.
II.
metaph.
to dress, thrash, beat,
rJavbdoi" e[xainon ta; swvmata
Plut.:—Pass.,
xanqevn
mangled,
Anth. ;—c. acc. cogn.,
xaivnein kata; tou` nwvtou polla;"
(sc.
plhgav"
) Dem.
Xanqiva"
Xanqiva" , ou, oJ , Xanthias, name of a slave in Comedy, Ar.;—no doubt he had yellow hair; cf. purriva" .
xanqivzw
xanqivzw , f. Att. iw` , ( xanqov" ) to make yellow or brown, by roasting or frying, Ar.
xanqovqrix
xanqov-qrix , oJ, hJ , yellow-haired, Solon, Theocr.
xanqokavrhno"
xanqo-kavrhno" »a±1/4, on , ( kavrhnon ) with yellow head, Anth.
xanqokovmh"
xanqo-kovmh" , ou, oJ , ( kovmh ) = xanqovqrix , Pind., Theocr.
xanqov", XANQO vS
XANQO vS , hv, ovn , yellow, of various shades; of golden hair, Hom.; so, xanqai; i{ppoi bay or chestnut mares, Il.
II.
Xavnqo"
paroxyt., as prop. n.
I.
a stream of the Troad, so called by gods, by men Scamander, Ib.
2.
a horse of Achilles,
Bayard,
the other being
Balivo"
,
Dapple,
Ib. Hence
xanqovth"
xanqovth"
xanqovth" , hto", hJ , yellowness, esp. of hair, Strab.
xanqotricevw
xanqotriØcevw ( xanqovqrix ) to have yellow hair, Strab.
xanqofuhv"