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ξιφίας

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξιφίας ξιφίου

Structure: ξιφι (Stem) + ᾱς (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, οἱο͂ν 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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