"ξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: x [romanization], Ξ [uppercase]
Etymology: Joined up cursive variant of its majuscule counterpart Ξ. Head templates: {{head|grc|letter|lowercase||uppercase|Ξ}} ξ • (x) (lowercase, uppercase Ξ)
  1. Lower-case xi (ξεῖ), the 14th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the consonant cluster /ks/. It is preceded by ν and followed by ο. Tags: letter, lowercase Derived forms: ξ΄, ͵ξ, ѯ, Ѯ [Cyrillic], ⲝ, Ⲝ (Coptic)
    Sense id: en-ξ-grc-character-VEQlYk-u Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Related terms (Greek-script letters): Α, α, Β, β, Γ, γ, Δ, δ, Ε, ε, Ζ, ζ, Η, η, Θ, θ, Ι, ι, Κ, κ, Λ, λ, Μ, μ, Ν, ν, Ξ, ξ, Ο, ο, Π, π, Ρ, ρ, Σ, σ, ς, Τ, τ, Υ, υ, Φ, φ, Χ, χ, Ψ, ψ, Ω, ω Related terms (diacritics): ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨ Related terms (non-Classical letters): Ϝ, ϝ, Ͷ, ͷ, Ͱ, ͱ, Ϻ, ϻ, Ϙ, ϙ, Ͳ, ͳ Related terms (punctuation): ·
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  "etymology_text": "Joined up cursive variant of its majuscule counterpart Ξ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "x",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "lowercase",
        "4": "",
        "5": "uppercase",
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      },
      "expansion": "ξ • (x) (lowercase, uppercase Ξ)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ξ΄"
        },
        {
          "word": "͵ξ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ѯ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "Ѯ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ⲝ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Coptic",
          "word": "Ⲝ"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "ξεῖ",
          "ξεῖ#Ancient_Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Greek alphabet",
          "Greek alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "ν",
          "ν"
        ],
        [
          "ο",
          "ο"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Α"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "α"
        },
        {
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          "word": "Β"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Γ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "γ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Δ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "δ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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          "word": "Ε"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ε"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ζ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ζ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Η"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "η"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Θ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "θ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ι"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ι"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Κ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "κ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Λ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "λ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Μ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "μ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ν"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ν"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "word": "ξ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ο"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ο"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Π"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "π"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ρ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ρ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Σ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "σ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ς"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Τ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Φ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "φ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Χ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "χ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ψ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ψ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "Ω"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
          "sense": "Greek-script letters",
          "word": "ω"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϝ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ϝ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͷ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͷ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͱ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͱ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϻ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ϻ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ϙ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ϙ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "Ͳ"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
          "sense": "non-Classical letters",
          "word": "ͳ"
        },
        {
          "sense": "punctuation",
          "word": "·"
        },
        {
          "sense": "diacritics",
          "word": "᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ξ"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ξ΄"
    },
    {
      "word": "͵ξ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ѯ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Ѯ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ⲝ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Coptic",
      "word": "Ⲝ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Joined up cursive variant of its majuscule counterpart Ξ.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "x",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ξ",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "lowercase",
        "4": "",
        "5": "uppercase",
        "6": "Ξ"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "character",
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      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "α"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "γ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Δ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ε"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Ζ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ζ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Η"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "η"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Θ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "ι"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Κ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "κ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Λ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "λ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Μ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "μ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Ν"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "ν"
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    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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      "word": "Ξ"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
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    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ο"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Π"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "π"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ρ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ρ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Σ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "σ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ς"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Τ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "τ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Υ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "υ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Φ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "φ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Χ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "χ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ψ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ψ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "Ω"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Greek-script letters",
      "sense": "Greek-script letters",
      "word": "ω"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϝ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϝ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͷ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͷ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͱ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͱ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϻ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϻ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ϙ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ϙ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "non-Classical letters",
      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "Ͳ"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "non-Classical letters",
      "word": "ͳ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "punctuation",
      "word": "·"
    },
    {
      "sense": "diacritics",
      "word": "᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨"
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        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek letters",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lower-case xi (ξεῖ), the 14th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the consonant cluster /ks/. It is preceded by ν and followed by ο."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "xi",
          "xi"
        ],
        [
          "ξεῖ",
          "ξεῖ#Ancient_Greek"
        ],
        [
          "Greek alphabet",
          "Greek alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "ν",
          "ν"
        ],
        [
          "ο",
          "ο"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ξ"
}

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