Scaife ATLAS

ξῖ Ξ, ξ, ξῖ, τό, indecl., fourteenth letter of the Gk. alphabet: as numeral ξ 60, but ξ 60, 000: introduced in the archonship of Euclides, 403 B. C.—It is a double consonant, compounded of γς, κς, or χς. Changes ξ in Aeolic and Attic appears as an aspirated form of κ, cf. ξυνός with κοινός, ξύν with cum;— or of ς, cf. ξύν with σύν, ξέστης with Lat. sextarius; and so in Doric fut. of Verbs in -ζω, κομίξω κλᾳξῶ παιξῶ for κομίσω κλῄσω παίσω. interchanged with σς, Ionic διξός, τριξός for δισσός, τρισσός.

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the letter ksi

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Headword:

ξῖ

Headword (normalized):

ξῖ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ξι

IDX:

22516

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22539

Key:

ci=

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