- Original: ξέστης - Transliteration: Xestes - Phonetic: xes'-tace - Definition: 1. a sextarius a. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (.5 litre) 2. a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not - Origin: as if from xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [of friction] to boil or heat) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: As if from ξέω xeō(which properly means 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 that is about a pint) that is (specifically) a measure for liquids or solids (by analogy a pitcher): - pot.