Морфология
Существительное мужского рода
Значение слова ξέστης
1. ксест (мера жидкостей и сыпучих тел, равная около 0,547 литра);
2. кружка или кувшин.
Происхождение
as iженский род от xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [женский род friction] to boil или heat)
Оригинал из Strong Dictionary
As if from xeo (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. About a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher) :— pot.