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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. πᾶσ τύπτων Ἰεβουσαῖον ἁπτέσθω ἐν παραξιφίδι καὶ τοὺσ χωλοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ τυφλοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ μισοῦντασ τὴν ψυχὴν Δαυίδ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσι. τυφλοὶ καὶ χωλοὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσονται εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 5:8)

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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