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Words of the Iliad · 19 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

Ξάνθος

Xanthus; the Xanthus; of Xanthus 22 times

Ξάνθου, Ξάνθοιο, Ξάνθον, Ξάνθόν, Ξάνθέ, Ξάνθος, Ξάνθῳ, Ξάνθε and 1 more

genitive singular masculine noun; accusative singular masculine noun; vocative singular masculine noun

Xanthus is the divine river also called Scamander.

ξανθός

fair-haired; golden; golden-haired 23 times

ξανθὸς, ξανθῷ, ξανθὴν, ξανθῆς, ξανθὴ, ξανθὰ, ξανθὰς

nominative singular masculine adjective; dative singular masculine adjective; accusative singular feminine adjective

ξένος

guest-friend; guest-friends; as a guest 12 times

ξεῖνος, ξεῖνός, ξεῖνοι, ξείνοις, ξεῖνον, ξείνων, ξείνους

nominative singular masculine noun; nominative plural masculine noun; dative plural masculine noun

Accusative plural adjective used substantivally.

ξεινήιον

guest-gifts; guest-gift 4 times

ξεινήϊα, ξεινήϊον

accusative plural neuter noun; nominative singular neuter noun; accusative singular neuter noun

ξενίζω

made his guest; received as guests; entertained 4 times

ἐξείνισσα, ξείνισσεν, ξείνισσε, ξείνισ

aorist active indicative, 3rd singular verb; aorist active indicative, 1st singular verb

ξεστός

polished 5 times

ξεστῇς, ξεστοῖο, ξεστοῖσι

dative plural feminine adjective; genitive singular masculine adjective; dative plural masculine adjective

ξίφος

sword; with swords; swords 42 times

ξίφος, ξίφεσίν, ξίφεϊ, ξίφει, ξίφεος, ξιφέεσσ, ξίφεσιν, ξιφέεσσι

accusative singular neuter noun; dative plural neuter noun; dative singular neuter noun

ξυνήιος

common store; shared twice

ξυνήϊα

ξυνήϊα, "things held in common," names the undistributed reserve of war-spoils — Achilles says there simply isn't one, since everything plundered is divided among the army as soon as it's taken.

ξυνός

common to us; common; shared by all 3 times

ξυνὴ, ξυνὸν, ξυνὸς

nominative singular feminine adjective; accusative singular neuter adjective; nominative singular masculine adjective

ξυστόν

spears; spear; pikes 5 times

ξυστοῖσι, ξυστῷ, ξυστὸν

dative plural neuter noun; dative singular neuter noun; accusative singular neuter noun

Seen once or twice

ξέω

lopped off once

ξεινοδόκος

a host once

ξηραίνω

dried twice

ξύω

smoothed once

ξυρόν

of a razor once

ξυστός

spear once

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Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Homer, ancient; Greek per the Murray text via the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 3.0).
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