ξιφίας
Ancient Greek
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 • (xiphíās) m (genitive ξῐφῐ́ου); first declension
- swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Synonym: θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς (thraníās)
- type of comet
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ξῐφῐ́ᾱς ho xiphíās |
τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ tṑ xiphíā |
οἱ ξῐφῐ́αι hoi xiphíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξῐφῐ́ου toû xiphíou |
τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν toîn xiphíain |
τῶν ξῐφῐῶν tôn xiphiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξῐφῐ́ᾳ tôi xiphíāi |
τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν toîn xiphíain |
τοῖς ξῐφῐ́αις toîs xiphíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ξῐφῐ́ᾱν tòn xiphíān |
τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ tṑ xiphíā |
τοὺς ξῐφῐ́ᾱς toùs xiphíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξῐφῐ́ᾱ xiphíā |
ξῐφῐ́ᾱ xiphíā |
ξῐφῐ́αι xiphíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Spanish: Jifia
- → Translingual: Xiphias
References
- “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)
Declension
Related terms
- see: ξίφος n (xífos, “sword”)
Further reading
ξιφίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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