Ξάνθιον

xanthion

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝29 Dec 1998Vetting: high8 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] chopping-block.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξάνθιον· ἐπίκοπον.

Betacode

*ca/nqion: e)pi/kopon.

Notes

Likewise in Photius xi1, where however Theodoridis follows Naber in regarding the correct form of the headword not as the Suda's xanthion but as xanion; cf. also Pollux 6.90, 10.101. (This meaning of it is overlooked by LSJ s.v. xanion [web address 1].)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

ξ5Ξανθίζεσθαιto brown, to make brown ξ6ΞανθικόςXanthikos ξ7Ξάνθιονxanthion ξ8ΞάνθιοςXanthios, Xanthius ξ9ΞάνθοςXanthos, Xanthus

Revision history8 revisions · last 8 Dec 2020

8 Dec 2020tweaked link — Catharine Roth
7 Jul 2013modified link — Catharine Roth
7 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
7 Jul 2013clarified/expanded note — David Whitehead
18 Jun 2013expanded note — David Whitehead
27 May 2007augmented note; raised status — David Whitehead
5 Jul 2001added link — Catharine Roth
4 Jul 2001supplied headword; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
29 Dec 1998Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝