ξηνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with ἐπίξηνον (epíxēnon, “chopping-block”), but further details are obscure.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ξηνός • (xēnós) m (genitive ξηνοῦ); second declension

  1. (botany) squared trunk of a tree, block
    Synonym: κορμός (kormós)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ξηνός; τοῦ ξηνοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ξηνός
ho xēnós		 τὼ ξηνώ
tṑ xēnṓ		 οἱ ξηνοί
hoi xēnoí
Genitive τοῦ ξηνοῦ
toû xēnoû		 τοῖν ξηνοῖν
toîn xēnoîn		 τῶν ξηνῶν
tôn xēnôn
Dative τῷ ξηνῷ
tôi xēnôi		 τοῖν ξηνοῖν
toîn xēnoîn		 τοῖς ξηνοῖς
toîs xēnoîs
Accusative τὸν ξηνόν
tòn xēnón		 τὼ ξηνώ
tṑ xēnṓ		 τοὺς ξηνούς
toùs xēnoús
Vocative ξηνέ
xēné		 ξηνώ
xēnṓ		 ξηνοί
xēnoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  • “ξηνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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