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xi

xi [ξεῖ], xi, fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet; b (as numeral, = 60). Greci ‥ habent octo semivocales, scilicet zita, labda, mi, ni, xi, ro, sima, phi. sed tres harum sunt duplices, scilicet zita, et xi, et phi. xi ‥ apud Grecos terminatur in i, et mutatur vocalis a parte ante et dicitur ix apud Latinos, ut dicit Priscianus Bacon CSPhil. 501.  b xi, ‘x’, ξ, lx Runica Manuscripta 351 (cf. Bede TR 1: Μ xl, Ν l, Ξ lx).

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