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xanthus

xanthus, ~os [ξανθός = yellow or reddish-yellow] 1 reddish. Theophilus dicit quod vigilie faciunt urinam xantos et ypoxantos, i. ru[beam] vel subru[beam] Gilb. I 62v. 2; xantos, i. rubeum. inde ypoxantos Alph. 193. 2 (kind of) flower. xaantus, i. flos Gl. Laud. 1526. 3 (as name of a town in Lycia, and of several rivers). tertius circulus ‥ tendit per Caspias partes, Mediae proxima, Cataoniam, Cappadociam ‥ Lycaoniam, Lyciam, Patarum, Xanthum, Caunum, Rhodum Bede TR 33; Xanthus, -thi, i. quidam fluvius Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 628.

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