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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rapidly moving to and fro, nimble</b>, <b class="b3">φεύγετε τῆς ξουθῆς δειλότεροι κεμάδος</b> Herodic. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.5.222a</span> ; <b class="b3">κόμαι . . ξουθοῖσιν ἀνέμοις ἐνετρύφων φορούμεναι</b> in the <b class="b2">rustling</b> breezes, <span class="bibl">Chaerem.1.7</span> ; ξ. ἀλκυόνες <span class="title">AP</span>9.333 (Mnasalc.) ; <b class="b3">ξ. πτέρυγες</b> <b class="b2">rustling, whirring</b> wings of the Dioscuri, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>33.13</span> ; <b class="b2">whirring</b> or <b class="b2">steadily-beating</b> wings of the eagle, <span class="bibl">B.5.17</span> ; <b class="b3">ξουθᾶν ἐκ πτερύγων ἁδὺ κρέκουσα μέλος</b>, of the cricket, <span class="title">AP</span>7.192 (Mnasalc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">chirruping</b> or <b class="b2">trilling</b> larynx of the nightingale, ἐλθὲ διὰ ξουθᾶν γενύων ἐλελιζομένα θρήνοις ἐμοῖς ξυνεργός E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>IIII (lyr.) ; ἐλελιζομένη διεροῖς μέλεσιν γένυος ξουθῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>214</span> (anap.) ; <b class="b3">δι' ἐμῆς γένυος ξουθῆς μελέων Πανὶ νόμους ἱεροὺς ἀναφαίνω</b> ib.<span class="bibl">744</span> (lyr.) ; of the nightingale itself, <b class="b2">trilling</b>, οἷά τις ξουθὰ . . Ἴτυν Ἴτυν στένουσ' . . ἀηδών <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1142</span> (lyr.) ; ὦ φίλη, ὦ ξουθή, ὦ φίλτατον ὀρνέων πάντων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>676</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>4.11</span> ; of song-birds in general, ξ. λιγύφωνα ὄρνεα <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>7.1 ; <b class="b3">ξ. χελιδών</b> <b class="b2">twittering</b> swallow, <span class="bibl">Babr.118.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the bee, either <b class="b2">nimble</b>, or <b class="b2">humming</b> (cf. [[ξουθόπτερος]]), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>398.5</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>165</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">635</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>32.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.52.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.142</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.226.1 (Zon.), v.l. in <span class="title">APl.</span>4.305.3 (Antip.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of the sound produced by a trilling larynx or vibrating wing, <b class="b3">ξουθὸν μέλος</b> (of a song-bird) <b class="b2">chirruping</b> note, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>4.123</span> ; <b class="b3">οὔρεσι καὶ σκιεραῖς ξουθὰ λαλεῦντα νάπαις</b>, of the <b class="b3">τέττιξ</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.373.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ξ. ἱππαλεκτρυών</b> perh. <b class="b2">nimble</b> horse-cock, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134</span>, parodied in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1177</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>800</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>932</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">golden yellow</b>, ξουθῶν τε σπονδὰς μελιτῶν <span class="bibl">Emp.128.7</span> (ap.<span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.21</span> ; <b class="b3">ξανθῶν</b> ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.12.510d</span>) ; <b class="b3">ξουθὸς μὲν πρόπαν εἶδος</b>, of a species of wolf, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.297</span> (<b class="b3">ξανθὸς</b> one cod.) ; but <b class="b3">ξουθὸν ἀπ' ἀνέρος αἷμα πάσασθαι</b> <b class="b2">red</b> blood, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.452</span> (v.l. ξανθὸν ὑπ').</span>