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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

  • λόγοσ κενῶσ μὲν ἐξενεχθεὶσ θήγει τὰ ξίφη, δεξιῶσ δὲ τεθεὶσ καὶ τὰσ ἠκονημένασ λόγχασ ἀπαμβλύνει· (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 40:1)
  • ἄγγελοι δὲ καὶ ὑπηρέται αὐτοῦ μάλα πολλοί, ὡσ ὁρᾷσ, ἠπίαλοι καὶ πυρετοὶ καὶ φθόαι καὶ περιπλευμονίαι καὶ ξίφη καὶ λῃστήρια καὶ κώνεια καὶ δικασταὶ καὶ τύραννοι· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 17:2)
  • ὑμᾶσ δ’ ἀυτῶ τοὺσ ἄγαν ἐρρωμένουσ, Λαερτίου παῖ, θηκτὰ κοιμίσαι ξίφη. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:20)
  • ἐνόπλιοσ δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ ὄρχησισ ἦν, τὰ ξίφη μεταξὺ κροτούντων πρὸσ τὰσ ἀσπίδασ καὶ πηδώντων ἔνθεὸν τι καὶ πολεμικόν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 8:2)
  • εἶτ’ ἐπειδὰν πέσωσιν, ὅμοιοι μάλιστα φαίνονται τοῖσ τραγικοῖσ ὑποκριταῖσ, ὧν πολλοὺσ ἰδεῖν ἔνεστι τέωσ μὲν Κέκροπασ δῆθεν ὄντασ ἢ Σισύφουσ ἢ Τηλέφουσ, διαδήματα ἔχοντασ καὶ ξίφη ἐλεφαντόκωπα καὶ ἐπίσειστον κόμην καὶ χλαμύδα· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 26:4)

Synonyms

  1. swordfish

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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