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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ξίφος ξίφει ξίφη
Genitive ξίφους ξίφοιν ξιφέων
Dative ξίφει ξίφοιν ξίφεσιν*
Accusative ξίφος ξίφει ξίφη
Vocative ξίφος ξίφει ξίφη

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

  • μετὰ βασιλέων βουλευτῶν γῆσ, οἳ ἐγαυριῶντο ἐπὶ ξίφεσιν, (Septuagint, Liber Iob 3:14)
  • καὶ ἄξουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ ὄχλουσ καὶ λιθοβολήσουσί σε ἐν λίθοισ καὶ κατασφάξουσί σε ἐν τοῖσ ξίφεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:40)
  • καὶ λιθοβόλησον ἐπ’ αὐτὰσ λίθοισ ὄχλων καὶ κατακέντει αὐτὰσ ἐν τοῖσ ξίφεσιν αὐτῶν. υἱοὺσ αὐτῶν καὶ θυγατέρασ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσι καὶ τοὺσ οἴκουσ αὐτῶν ἐμπρήσουσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 23:47)
  • σὸσ ἀλάστωρ ξίφεσιν βρίθων καὶ πυρὶ καὶ σχετλίαισι μάχαισ ἐπὶ παῖδασ ἔβα σούσ, ὦ πάτερ, ὤ μοι. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 3:2)
  • αἴλινον αἴλινον ἀρχὰν θανάτου βάρβαροι λέγουσιν, αἰαῖ, Ἀσιάδι φωνᾷ, βασιλέων ὅταν αἷμα χυθῇ κατὰ γᾶν ξίφεσιν σιδαρέοισιν Αἵδα. (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. swordfish

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