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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=χῖ
|Medium diacritics=χῖ
|Low diacritics=χι
|Capitals=ΧΙ
|Transliteration A=chî
|Transliteration B=chi
|Transliteration C=chi
|Beta Code=xi=
|Definition=[[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[χεῖ]], Hp.''VC''1.
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{{bailly
|btext=(τό) :<br /><i>indécl.</i><br />la lettre Χ.
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{{ls
|lstext='''χῖ''': τό, τὸ [[γράμμα]] χ, Ἱππ. Κεφ. Τρωμ. 895· ἴδε Χ χ.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''χῖ:''' τό indecl. хи (название буквы χ).
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=<b class="num">1.</b> Χ, χ, χῖ, τό, indecl., [[twenty]]-[[second]] [[letter]] of Gr. [[alphabet]]: as [[numeral]], χ41 = 600, 'χ = 600, 000: but inInscrr., Χ, is the [[first]] [[letter]] of [[χίλιοι]], αι, α, = 1000.—Changes of χ, in the dialects:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> doric for θ, as ὄρνιχος for ὄρνιθος.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ionic represented by κ, as [[δέκομαι]] [[κιθών]] for [[δέχομαι]] [[χιτών]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> put [[before]] λ to [[strengthen]] the [[sound]], as [[χλαῖνα]] for [[λαῖνα]], [[χλιαρός]] for [[λιαρός]]. The Poets in [[some]] words treated χ as a [[double]] consonant, so that a [[short]] vowel [[before]] it becomes [[long]], as in [[βρόχος]], ἰᾱχή, ἰᾱχέω ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]), φαιο¯χίτων.
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{{FriskDe
|ftr='''χῖ''': [[χίασμα]]<br />{khĩ}<br />'''See also''': s. [[χεῖ]].<br />'''Page''' 2,1099
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