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ξιφήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξιφήρης ξιφήρες

Structure: ξιφηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: A)/rw

Sense

  1. sword in hand

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ξιφήρης ξίφηρες
Genitive ξιφήρους ξιφήρους
Dative ξιφήρει ξιφήρει
Accusative ξιφήρη ξίφηρες
Vocative ξιφῆρες ξίφηρες
DualN/A/V ξιφήρει ξιφήρει
G/D ξιφήροιν ξιφήροιν
PluralNominative ξιφήρεις ξιφήρη
Genitive ξιφήρων ξιφήρων
Dative ξιφήρεσιν* ξιφήρεσιν*
Accusative ξιφήρεις ξιφήρη
Vocative ξιφήρεις ξιφήρη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ξιφήρης ξιφήρους ξιφηρέστερος ξιφηρεστέρου ξιφηρέστατος ξιφηρεστάτου
Adverb ξιφηρέως ξιφηρέστερον ξιφηρέστατα

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

  • καὶ μὴν οἵδ’ ἀγωνισταὶ πικροὶ δεῦρ’ ἐπείγονται ξιφήρεισ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, trochees10)
  • κεκρυμμένουσ θῆρασ ξιφήρεισ αὐτίκ’ ἐχθροῖσιν φανεῖ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 15)
  • ὦ κατὰ στέγασ φίλοι ξιφήρεισ, οὐχὶ συλλήψεσθ’ ἄγραν; (Euripides, episode, iambic33)
  • εἶτα οὕτωσ ἀναγαγοῦσα τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ ξιφήρεισ καὶ στήσασα πρὸ τῶν θυρῶν εἰσῆλθεν αὐτή, καὶ καθελοῦσα τὸ ξίφοσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ κρεμάμενον σημεῖον εἶναι τοῦ κατέχεσθαι τὸν ἄνδρα καὶ καθεύδειν ἔδειξεν. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 35 6:1)
  • ὁρισθέντοσ δὲ καιροῦ πρὸσ τὴν σύνοδον, ὁ Πολύαρχοσ εἰσ τὸ δωμάτιον τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ παρεισήχθη κρύφα, νεανίσκουσ ἔχων δύο σὺν αὑτῷ ξιφήρεισ, φόνῳ πατρὸσ ἐπεξιόντασ, ὃν ὁ Λάαρχοσ ἐτύγχανεν ἀπεκτονὼσ νεωστί. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 3:6)

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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