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ξιφίας?

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration: xiphias

Principal Part: ξιφίας ξιφίου

Structure: ξιφι (Stem) + ας (Ending)

Sense

  1. the swordfish
  2. a type of comet

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἔνιοι δέ, φησίν, ἐπὶ μὲν τῷ ἥπατι οὐκ ἔχουσιν χολήν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τοῖς ἐντέροις, ὡς ἔλοψ καὶ συναγρὶς καὶ σμύραινα καὶ ξιφίας καὶ χελιδών. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 3:3)
  • "οἱ δὲ θύννοι καὶ οἱ ξιφίαι οἰστρῶσι περὶ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 643)
  • ὅτι δεῖ γυναικὸς ἐπιφερούσης δακτύλους ἁπαλοὺς ὑπ ἀκάνθης μηδὲ ἓν τούτους παθεῖν ξιφίας, τοῦτον Ἀριστοτέλης φησὶν ἔχειν τοῦ ῥύγχους τὸ μὲν ὑποκάτω μικρόν, τὸ δὲ καθύπερθεν ὀστῶδες μέγα, ἴσον τῷ ὅλῳ αὐτοῦ μεγέθει: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 95 4:1)
  • Ἀρχέστρατος δέ φησιν ἀλλὰ λαβὲ ξιφίου τέμαχος Βυζάντιον ἐλθὼν οὐραίου γ αὐτὸν τὸν σφόνδυλον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 963)
  • " τοὺς γὰρ θύννους ἀγεληδὸν φερομένους παρὰ τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ἐπειδὰν ἐμπέσωσι καὶ κωλυθῶσι τῆς Σικελίας ἅψασθαι, περιπίπτειν τοῖς μείζοσι τῶν ζῴων, οἱο῀ν δελφίνων καὶ κυνῶν καὶ ἄλλων κητωδῶν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς θήρας αὐτῶν πιαίνεσθαι τοὺς γαλεώτας, οὓς καὶ ξιφίας λέγεσθαι καὶ κύνας φησί: (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 30:6)
  • ἐκ δὲ τῆς θήρας αὐτῶν πιαίνεσθαι τοὺς γαλεώτας, οὓς καὶ ξιφίας λέγεσθαι καὶ κύνας φησί. (Polybius, Histories, book 34, ii. de ulixis navigatione, prope siciliam praesertim 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. the swordfish

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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