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

  • δι’ ὃν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἁβραὰμ ἔσπευδε τὸν ἐθνοπάτορα υἱὸν σφαγιάσαι Ἰσαάκ. καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν χεῖρα ξιφηφόρον καταφερομένην ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὁρῶν ὁ Ἰσαὰκ οὐκ ἔπτυξεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 16:20)
  • ἴτω δίκα φανερόσ, ἴτω ξιφηφόροσ φονεύουσα λαιμῶν διαμπὰξ τὸν ἄθεον ἄνομον ἄδικον Ἐχίονοσ γόνον γηγενῆ. (Euripides, choral, strophe 16)
  • ἴτω δίκα φανερόσ, ἴτω ξιφηφόροσ φονεύουσα λαιμῶν διαμπὰξ τὸν ἄθεον ἄνομον ἄδικον Ἐχίονοσ τόκον γηγενῆ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 17)
  • 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)
  • ξιφηφόρουσ σοὺσ ὁπλίσασ’ ὀπάονασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 4:20)
  • καὶ μὴν ἐάνπερ ναῦν ἐπ’ ἀγκύρασ λάβω, ἀνὴρ παρ’ ἄνδρα στήσεται ξιφηφόροσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 18:4)

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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