Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξιφηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξιφηφόρος ξιφηφόρον

Structure: ξιφηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. sword in hand

Examples

  • κρείσσων μοι τύραννοσ ἔφυσ ἢ δυσγένει’ ἀνάκτων, ἃ νῦν ἐσορᾶν ἔφανε ξιφηφόρων ἐσ ἀγώνων ἅμιλλαν, εἰ τὸ δίκαιον θεοῖσ ἔτ’ ἀρέσκει. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 34)

Synonyms

  1. sword in hand

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

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