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ξιφηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξιφηφόρος ξιφηφόρον

Structure: ξιφηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. sword in hand

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ξιφηφόρος ξιφήφορον
Genitive ξιφηφόρου ξιφηφόρου
Dative ξιφηφόρῳ ξιφηφόρῳ
Accusative ξιφηφόρον ξιφήφορον
Vocative ξιφηφόρε ξιφήφορον
DualN/A/V ξιφηφόρω ξιφηφόρω
G/D ξιφηφόροιν ξιφηφόροιν
PluralNominative ξιφηφόροι ξιφήφορα
Genitive ξιφηφόρων ξιφηφόρων
Dative ξιφηφόροις ξιφηφόροις
Accusative ξιφηφόρους ξιφήφορα
Vocative ξιφηφόροι ξιφήφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ξιφηφόρος ξιφηφόρου ξιφηφορότερος ξιφηφοροτέρου ξιφηφορότατος ξιφηφοροτάτου
Adverb ξιφηφόρως ξιφηφορότερον ξιφηφορότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ξιφηφόρουσ σοὺσ ὁπλίσασ’ ὀπάονασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 4:20)
  • τὰ δ’ ἄλλα τούτῳ δεῦρ’ ἐποπτεῦσαι λέγω, ξιφηφόρουσ ἀγῶνασ ὀρθώσαντί μοι. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. sword in hand

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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