Browsing Greek Entries — ξ (Xi)

from ξένος; hospitality, i.e. (by implication) a place of entertainment

from ξένος; to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange

from a compound of ξένος and δέχομαι; to be hospitable

apparently a primary word; foreign (literally, alien, or figuratively, novel); by implication, a guest or (vice-versa) entertainer

as if from (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)

from ξηρός; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature

from the base of ξέστης (through the idea of scorching); arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

from ξύλον; wooden

from another form of the base of ξέστης; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance

from a derivative of the same as ξύλον (meaning a razor); to shave or "shear" the hair