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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><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 (qq. v.), φαιο¯χίτων. | |||
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Revision as of 02:55, 10 January 2019
English (LSJ)
A v.l. for χεῖ, Hp.VC1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χῖ: τό, τὸ γράμμα χ, Ἱππ. Κεφ. Τρωμ. 895· ἴδε Χ χ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
(τό) :
indécl.
la lettre Χ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
χῖ: τό indecl. хи (название буквы χ).
Middle Liddell
1. 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:
1. doric for θ, as ὄρνιχος for ὄρνιθος.
2. ionic represented by κ, as δέκομαι κιθών for δέχομαι χιτών.
3. 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 (qq. v.), φαιο¯χίτων.
