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ξίφος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξίφος ξίφους

Structure: ξιφο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of the Iron Age and Classical Antiquity.
  2. the sword-shaped bone of the cuttlefish
  3. swordfish

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ ἀπέκτειναν πᾶν ἐμπνέον ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ξίφει καὶ ἐξωλόθρευσαν πάντασ, καὶ οὐ κατελείφθη ἐν αὐτῇ ἐμπνέον. καὶ τὴν Ἀσὼρ ἐνέπρησαν ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 11:11)
  • ἐν βραχεῖ δὲ πολλὰ ὁ τεχνίτησ ἐμιμήσατο, αἰδῶ παρθένου καὶ φόβον ‐ ἐπισκοπεῖ γὰρ μάχην ἄνωθεν ἐκ τῆσ πέτρασ ‐ καὶ νεανίου τόλμαν ἐρωτικὴν καὶ θηρίου ὄψιν ἀπρόσμαχον καὶ τὸ μὲν ἔπεισι πεφρικὸσ ταῖσ ἀκάνθαισ καὶ δεδιττόμενον τῷ χάσματι, ὁ Περσεὺσ δὲ τῇ λαιᾷ μὲν προδείκνυσι τὴν Γοργόνα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ καθικνεῖται τῷ ξίφει· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:2)
  • οὐκ οὖν ἐπ’ Αἰνέαν ἢ τὸν ἔχθιστον Φρυγῶν Πάριν μολόντε χρὴ καρατομεῖν ξίφει; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode21)
  • καί μ’ ἔγχοσ αὐγάζοντα καὶ θηρώμενον παίει παραστὰσ νεῖραν ἐσ πλευρὰν ξίφει ἀνὴρ ἀκμάζων· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:9)
  • ἀλλὰ σύ, ὦ τολμηρότατε, καὶ τὴν Ῥέαν αὐτὴν γραῦν ἤδη καὶ μητέρα τοσούτων θεῶν οὖσαν ἀνέπεισασ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ Φρύγιον μειράκιον ποθεῖν, καὶ νῦν ἐκείνη μέμηνεν ὑπὸ σοῦ καὶ ζευξαμένη τοὺσ λέοντασ, παραλαβοῦσα καὶ τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ ἅτε μανικοὺσ καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὴν Ἴδην περιπολοῦσιν, ἡ μὲν ὀλολύζουσα ἐπὶ τῷ Ἄττῃ, οἱ Κορύβαντεσ δὲ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν τέμνεται ξίφει τὸν πῆχυν, ὁ δὲ ἀνεὶσ τὴν κόμην ἱέται μεμηνὼσ διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν, ὁ δὲ αὐλεῖ τῷ κέρατι, ὁ δὲ ἐπιβομβεῖ τῷ τυμπάνῳ ἢ ἐπικτυπεῖ τῷ κυμβάλῳ, καὶ ὅλωσ θόρυβοσ καὶ μανία τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ ἅπαντά ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. swordfish

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