Ancient Greek

Adjective

ξανθός • ‎(xanthós) m ‎(feminine ξανθή, neuter ξανθόν); first/second declension

1. yellow (of various shades), golden
2. fair, blond, flaxen, a golden-red fawn (of hair)

   ξάνθαι δ’ Ἐλέναι σ’ ἑίσ[κ]ην‎

   xánthai d’ Elénai s’ heís[k]ēn

   "To golden Helen I compare you" -Sappho, Fragment #23

Inflection

Derived terms

• Ξάνθος ‎(Xánthos)

References

• ξανθός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξανθός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξανθός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ξανθός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ξανθός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ξανθός 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.
  • auburn idem, page 52.
  • blonde idem, page 84.
  • brown idem, page 101.
  • buff idem, page 102.
  • flaxen idem, page 327.
  • golden idem, page 366.
  • orange idem, page 578.
  • russet idem, page 728.
  • sandy idem, page 733.
  • tawny idem, page 857.
  • yellow idem, page 995.

Greek

Adjective

ξανθός • ‎(xanthós) m ‎(feminine ξανθή or ξανθιά, neuter ξανθό)

1. blonde, blond, fair

   ξανθή μαλλιά, όπως το μέλι‎ ― xanthí malliá, ópos to méli ― blonde hair like honey

2. golden

   ξανθό στάχυ‎ ― xanthó stáchy ― golden ear (of corn)

Declension

Derived terms

• ξανθή σταφίδα f ‎(xanthí stafída, “sultana, golden raisin”)