ξεστός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξέω (xéō) (from earlier *kses-) + -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ξεστός (xestósm (feminine ξεστή, neuter ξεστόν); first/second declension

  1. smoothed, polished, wrought

Declension

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.