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παραξιφίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραξιφίς παραξιφίδος

Structure: παραξιφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ci/fos

Sense

  1. a knife worn beside the sword, a dirk

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παραξιφίς παραξιφίδε παραξιφίδες
Genitive παραξιφίδος παραξιφίδοιν παραξιφίδων
Dative παραξιφίδι παραξιφίδοιν παραξιφίσιν*
Accusative παραξιφίδα παραξιφίδε παραξιφίδας
Vocative παραξιφί παραξιφίδε παραξιφίδες

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

  • οἱ μὲν οὖν τολμῶντεσ εὑρέθησαν, ὧν Αἰσχύλοσ προειστήκει καὶ Χαριμένησ ὁ μάντισ ξίφη δὲ οὐκ εἶχον, ἀλλ’ ἀπείρητο κεκτῆσθαι καὶ ζημίαι μεγάλαι τοῖσ κεκτημένοισ ἐπῆσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ τυράννου, κατασκευάσασ οὖν ὁ Ἄρατοσ αὐτοῖσ ἐν Κορίνθῳ μικρὰσ παραξιφίδασ ἐνέρραψεν εἰσ σάγματα· (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 25 2:1)
  • ξίφη δ’ ἀμφίστομα καὶ σιδήρῳ διαφόρῳ κεχαλκευμένα φοροῦσιν, ἔχοντεσ σπιθαμιαίασ παραξιφίδασ, αἷσ χρῶνται κατὰ τὰσ ἐν ταῖσ μάχαισ συμπλοκάσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 33 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a knife worn beside the sword

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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