ξανθόν (xanthon)

ξανθόν is an Ancient Greek form of ξανθός, meaning “yellow, fair-haired”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Ξάνθος, “Xanthos — Xanthus (river at Troy; Lycian city)”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 75 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.8.101: Γεγόνασι δὲ Μένιπποι ἕξ· πρῶτος ὁ γράψας τὰ περὶ Λυδῶν καὶ Ξάνθον ἐπιτεμόμενος, δεύτερος αὐτὸς οὗτος, τρίτος Στρατονικεὺς σοφιστής, Κὰρ τὸ ἀνέκαθεν· τέταρτος ἀνδριαντοποιός, π …

Euripides, Cyclops 499: ἐπὶ δεμνίοις τε ξανθὸν

Euripides, Hippolytus 1343: σάρκας νεαρὰς ξανθόν τε κάρα

All forms of ξανθός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.