ξιφίας
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξῐ́φος (xĭ́phos, “sword”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, “nominal suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksi.pʰí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksiˈpʰi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksiˈɸi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksiˈfi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksiˈfi.as/
Noun
ξῐφῐ́ᾱς • (xĭphĭ́ās) m (genitive ξῐφῐ́ου); first declension
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς (thrănĭ́ās)
- type of comet
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ξῐφῐ́ᾱς ho xĭphĭ́ās |
τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ tṑ xĭphĭ́ā |
οἱ ξῐφῐ́αι hoi xĭphĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξῐφῐ́ου toû xĭphĭ́ou |
τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν toîn xĭphĭ́ain |
τῶν ξῐφῐῶν tôn xĭphĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξῐφῐ́ᾳ tôi xĭphĭ́āi |
τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν toîn xĭphĭ́ain |
τοῖς ξῐφῐ́αις toîs xĭphĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ξῐφῐ́ᾱν tòn xĭphĭ́ān |
τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ tṑ xĭphĭ́ā |
τοὺς ξῐφῐ́ᾱς toùs xĭphĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξῐφῐ́ᾱ xĭphĭ́ā |
ξῐφῐ́ᾱ xĭphĭ́ā |
ξῐφῐ́αι xĭphĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ξῐ́φος (> DER > 3. ξιφίας)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1036-7
Further reading
- “ξιφίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξιφίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ξιφίας in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Alternative forms
ξιφιός m (xifiós)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξῐφῐ́ᾱς (xĭphĭ́ās).
Noun
ξιφίας • (xifías) m (plural ξιφίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ξιφίας (xifías) | ξιφίες (xifíes) |
| genitive | ξιφία (xifía) | ξιφιών (xifión) |
| accusative | ξιφία (xifía) | ξιφίες (xifíes) |
| vocative | ξιφία (xifía) | ξιφίες (xifíes) |
Related terms
- see: ξίφος n (xífos, “sword”)
Further reading
ξιφίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
