ξανθίσματα

ξάνθισμα

that which is dyed yellow: neut nom /voc /acc pl

     ξάνθισμα

    - ατος τό золотисто-желтый цвет, белокурость

    

(κόμης ξανθίσματα Eur.)

ξάνθ-ισμα, ατος, τό,

A that which is dyed yellow, κόμης ξανθίσματα dyed hair, E.Fr. 322, cf. AP5.259 (Paul. Sil.).

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `yellow, goldyellow, reddish, brownish, blond', of hairs (Il.), also of other objects (posthom.); on the meaning Capelle RhM 101, 21 f.; myk. ka-sa-to als EN, vgl. Gallavotti Par. del Pass. 12, 10f.

Dialectal forms: Myc. kasato as PN, cf. Gallavotti Par. del Pass. 12, 10f.

Compounds: Compp., e. g. ξανθο-κόμης (- ος) `blondhaired' (Hes., Pi.), ἐπί-ξανθος `almost yellow, yellowish' (X., Thphr.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 105) beside ἐπι-ξανθίζομαι `become yellowish, brornish' (Pherecr.).

Derivatives: 1. Ξάνθος m. name of a river, a town, a person, a horse (Il., with opposit. accent); 2. ξάνθη f. name of a yellow stone (Thphr.); 3. ξάνθιον n. name of a plant, which was used to make hairs blond (Dsc., Gal.; Strömberg Pfl.namen 23); 4. ξανθότης, - ητος f. `yellow colour, blindness' (Str.); 5. Denomin. verbs: a. ξανθίζω 'make, be ξ.' (Com., LXX) with ξάνθ-ισις, - ισμός `yellow coloured' (medic.), ξανθίσματα ( κόμης, χαίτης) `blond curls' (E. Fr. 322, AP) ; b. ξανθόομαι, - όω 'besome, paint ξ.' (Dsc.) with ξάνθωσις (Ps.-Democr. Alch.); c. ξανθύνομαι `id.' (Thphr.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Unexplained. On the proposed, in any case very remote cognateship with Lat. cānus `grey(white)' s. W.-Hofmann s.v., also WP. 1, 358, Pok. 533. Little value has the comparison with Etr. zamθic supposedly `of gold' (Brandenstein P.-W. 7 n, 1919), with which Heubeck Würzb. Jb. 4, 202 wants to draw also Σκάμανδρος. -- Cf. ξουθός. The word may be Pre-Greek.

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