ξῖ
ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει → take up thy bed and walk, take up your bed and walk, pick up your mat and walk
English (LSJ)
v. ξεῖ.
Middle Liddell
Ξ, ξ, ξῖ, τό, indecl., fourteenth letter of the Gk. alphabet: as numeral ξ# = 60, but #22ξ = 60, 000: introduced in the archonship of Euclides, 403 B. C.—It is a double consonant, compounded of γς, κς, or χς. Changes
1. ξ in aeolic and Attic appears as an aspirated form of κ, cf. ξυνός with κοινός, ξύν with cum;— or of ς, cf. ξύν with σύν, ξέστης with Lat. sextarius; and so in doric fut. of Verbs in -ζω, κομίξω κλᾳξῶ παιξῶ for κομίσω κλῄσω παίσω.
2. interchanged with σς, ionic διξός, τριξός for δισσός, τρισσός.
Greek Monolingual
ξι και ξει, το (Α ξῖ και ξεῖ και ξῦ)
άκλ. το δέκατο τέταρτο γράμμα του ελληνικού αλφαβήτου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Βλ. εγκυκλ. λ. Ξ, ξ].
