Ξιφηφόρος

sword-carrying

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝17 Feb 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 12 words

Translation

[Meaning] to carry swords.1 Also2 [sc. attested is the noun] cifhfo/ros ["sword-carrier"].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξιφηφορία· φέρειν τὰ ξίφη. καὶ Ξιφηφόρος.

Betacode
*cifhfori/a: fe/rein ta\ ci/fh. kai\ *cifhfo/ros. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1The SOL headword is incorrect; it should be the verbal noun cifhfori/a. ↩
  2. 2And much more commonly (from Attic tragedy onwards); see also under delta 1518. Same or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius xi35 Theodoridis. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 21 Feb 2016
  1. typo — Catharine Roth
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked notes, added betacode — Catharine Roth
  4. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  6. supplied headword; added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝

Cite this entry

“sword-carrying.” Suda On Line. Tr. James L. P. Butrica ✝. 17 February 2000. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/xi/72>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/xi/72>.

Translation by James L. P. Butrica ✝ for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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