Very interesting...
XAIKON is a pretty rare word, not something you can find in many ancient Greek texts.
Let's try and find its origins.
The fact that you saw this specific word is so intriguing to me for a good reason:
XAIKON ("χαίκον" in Greek, pronounced "chekon" ) is a
lost word.. And what I mean by that is that it became XAIPON ("χαίρον" in Greek, pronounced "cheron" ) since the earliest texts we have recovered. I, for once, have encountered it as XAIKON in only one text.
This transformation of words was not a rare phenomenon in ancient Greece, since many dialects where at play. Like THALATTA, that became THALASSA.
Now if what you saw was XAIPON ("cheron", our "P" is your "R", and our "X" is your "CH"-like "H" but more harsh ), then it would not have been so strange a fact. But if indeed what you saw was XAIKON, AND it was in Greek, then its no less peculiar than a dude seeing a forgotten Aramaic word.
NOW. For the part that interests you. Its meaning..
XAIKON means "the one that is rejoicing", or "something that is happy, glad, satisfied" and its gender is "it". Pretty interesting, huh mates?
XAIKON became XAIPON, and we still use the word XAPA ("chara" ) nowadays, which means happiness.
OTHER POSSIBLE MEANINGS:
If the alphabet on which this word was written was Greek, then it is very possible that ΧΑΙΚΟΝ was actually ΧΑΙΚΩΝ. Now I suspect you won't be able to view these words that I write in Greek, due to codepage issues.
If that is the case, then imagine the difference between the two words I wrote:
The first word is what you said you saw: XAIKON. (-written here with latin characters. )
The second word I wrote was exactly the same, with the difference that instead of an "O", it had an Omega. Omega is like an O with an underscore beneath it.
If that is the case, then its meaning is the same, but its gender is male.
Other encounterings of this word in ancient Greek language include:
~The name of a Olympic athlete, a winner particularly.
~The name of a local hero of the ancient city Cheronea (XAIPONIA), from whom the city got its name. The aleged hero was believed to be the son of the god Appolo, and the mortal woman Thiro. His name was ΧΑΙΡΩΝ ("cheron" ). Here is a link to Cheronea on a map:
http://maps.google.com/m...44,22.844444&hl=e%ED . You ought to visit this place now if you go to Greece.
And something a little dimmer:
~The name of the mythological figure Charon (ΧΑΡΩΝ), or Charos. This dude was the guy who took the dead souls on his boat, and transported them through the river Acheron to the underworld. In order to get transported you HAD to pay this guy one Ovolus (ancient coin ). If you did not have one with you, then you were condemned to wonder in the river's edges for one hundred years. THIS is why ancient Greeks used to place on Ovolus coin beneath the dead peoples tongues before they buried them. Charos today means "the grimreaper".
~I've also encountered this word in an ancient text, "Ecthesis Chronica and Chronicon Athenarum", although I can't translate its exact meaning for the life of me. It talks about some XAIKON lords. Beats me, this one.
Bottom line, the first interpretation of this word seems the fittest. So rejoice, mate, for this is a good thing to be told.
Anybody else having similar linguistic encounters in hyperspace, please do share. Too interesting to just let it slide. I think you all know why (~remember our big bet~ )... I hope this helped, or at least intrigued someone. Take care mates, see you on the flip side...
~Dug
~Edit: For any of you Greek speaking dudes reading this, keep in mind that I have replaced the Omega letters with "O"s in many cases, to prevent codepage issues.
~Anything I post online is fictional.
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