A). yellow, of various shades, freq. with a tinge of red, brown, auburn, λαμπρὸν ἐρυθρῷ λευκῷ τε μειγνύμενον Pl. Ti. 68b ; ἔστι δὲ τὸ ξ. ἐν τῇ ἴριδι χρῶμα μεταξὺ τοῦ τε φοινικοῦ καὶ πρασίνου χρώματος Arist. Mete. 375a11 ; ξανθὸν ἐρεύθεσθαι AP 12.97 (Antip.): in Ep. mostly used of fair, golden hair, ξ. κόμη, χαίτη, of Achilles, Il. 1.197 , 23.141 ; ξ. τρίχες, of Odysseus, Od. 13.399 , 431 ; κάρη ξ. Μενέλαος (but usu. ξ. M. alone) 15.133 ; also of women, ξ. Ἀγαμήδη Il. 11.740 ; Ἀριάδνη Hes. Th. 947 (but ξ. Δημήτηρ golden corn, Il. 5.500 , etc.); so later, of Helen, Sapph. Supp. 13.5 ; of Athena and the Graces, Pi. N. 10.7 , 5.54 ; of Harmonia, E. Med. 834 (lyr.) (but in later Gr. of complexion, Cleom. 2.1 ); of dyed hair, τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν σώφρον’ οὐ δεῖ τὰς τρίχας ξ. ποιεῖν Men. 610 ; also of horses, bay, ἵππων ξ. κάρηνα Il. 9.407 , cf. 11.680 ; ξ. πῶλοι Alc. Supp. 8.14 , S. El. 705 ; βοῶν ξανθὰς ἀγέλας Pi. P. 4.149 ; ξ. λέων Id. Fr. 237 ; πώλου δίκην, ἥ τις .. θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο S. Fr. 659.4 , etc.

2). after Hom. of all kinds of objects, ἄρτοι ξ. Xenoph. 1.9 ; ξανθῶν σπονδὰς μελιτῶν v.l. in Emp. 128.7 ; ἴων ξ. ἀκτῖνες Pi. O. 6.55 ; ξ. νεφέλα, of gold, ib. 7.49 ; μέλι Simon. 47 ; φλόξ B. Fr. 3.4 ; ἀκτῖνες πυρός Sopat. 13 ; ἐλαία A. Pers. 617 ; of wine, ξ. Ἀφροδισία λάταξ S. Fr. 277 (lyr.); of a roast pigeon, Ar. Ach. 1106 ; ξανθαῖσιν αὔραις ἀγάλλεται exults in its yellow fragrance, of a fried fish, Antiph. 217.22 : in Medic., freq. of bile, Hp. VM 19 , etc.: Comp. -ότερος Pl. R. 617a : Sup. -ότατος, βόστρυχοι Pherecr. 189 .

II). Ξάνθος, parox., as pr. n.,

1). a stream of the Troad, so called by gods, by men Scamander, Il. 20.74 , etc.

2). a horse of Achilles, Bayard, the other being Βαλίος, Piebald, 16.149 .

3). name of a man, D.H. 1.28 , etc.

4). fem., a city of Lycia, Hdt. 1.176 , etc.