_a._ horses, ἵππων ξανθὰ κάρηνα, Il. ix. 407. _b._ hair of men, ξανθὸς Μενέλαος, _passim_: Achilles, Il. i. 197. _c._ hair of women, ξανθὴ Ἀγαμήδη, Il. xi. 739; Δημήτηρ, Il. v. 500. 2. ἐρυθρὸς is evidently the same word with the Latin _ruber_, and with our own ‘ruddy,’ as well as probably the German _roth_.