A.yellow, of various shades, freq. with a tinge of red, brown, auburn, “λαμπρὸν ἐρυθρῷ λευκῷ τε μειγνύμενον” Pl.Ti.68b ; “ἔστι δὲ τὸ ξ. ἐν τῇ ἴριδι χρῶμα μεταξὺ τοῦ τε φοινικοῦ καὶ πρασίνου χρώματος” Arist.Mete.375a11 ; “ξανθὸν ἐρεύθεσθαι” AP12.97 (Antip.) : in Ep. mostly used of fair, golden hair, ξ. κόμη, χαίτη, of Achilles, Il.1.197, 23.141 ; ξ. τρίχες, of Odysseus, Od.13.399,431 ; κάρη ξ. Μενέλαος (but usu. ξ. M. alone) 15.133 ; also of women, “ξ. Ἀγαμήδη” Il.11.740 ; “Ἀριάδνη” Hes.Th.947 (but ξ. Δημήτηρ golden corn, Il.5.500, etc.) ; so later, of Helen, Sapph.Supp.13.5 ; of Athena and the Graces, Pi.N.10.7, 5.54 ; of Harmonia, E.Med.834 (lyr.) (but in later Gr. of complexion, Cleom.2.1) ; of dyed hair, “τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν σώφρον᾽ οὐ δεῖ τὰς τρίχας ξ. ποιεῖν” Men.610 ; also of horses, bay, “ἵππων ξ. κάρηνα” Il.9.407, cf. 11.680 ; “ξ. πῶλοι” Alc.Supp.8.14, S.El.705 ; “βοῶν ξανθὰς ἀγέλας” Pi. P.4.149 ; “ξ. λέων” Id.Fr.237 ; “πώλου δίκην, ἥ τις . . θέρος θερισθῇ ξανθὸν αὐχένων ἄπο” S.Fr.659.4, etc.
2. after Hom. of all kinds of objects, “ἄρτοι ξ.” Xenoph.1.9 ; ξανθῶν σπονδὰς μελιτῶν v.l. in Emp. 128.7 ; “ἴων ξ. ἀκτῖνες” Pi.O.6.55 ; ξ. νεφέλα, of gold, ib.7.49 ; “μέλι” Simon.47 ; “φλόξ” B.Fr.3.4 ; “ἀκτῖνες πυρός” Sopat.13 ; “ἐλαία” A.Pers.617 ; of wine, “ξ. Ἀφροδισία λάταξ” S.Fr.277 (lyr.) ; of a roast pigeon, Ar. Ach.1106 ; ξανθαῖσιν αὔραις ἀγάλλεται exults in its yellow fragrance, of a fried fish, Antiph.217.22 : in Medic., freq. of bile, Hp.VM19, etc. : Comp. “-ότερος” Pl.R.617a : Sup. “-ότατος, βόστρυχοι” Pherecr. 189.
II. Ξάνθος, parox., as pr. n.,
1. a stream of the Troad, so called by gods, by men Scamander, Il.20.74, etc.
3. name of a man, D.H.1.28, etc.
4. fem., a city of Lycia, Hdt.1.176, etc.
