Ξίφος

sword

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝17 Feb 2000Vetting: high2 revisions

2 words

and dagger.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξίφος καὶ Ξιφίδιον.

Betacode

*ci/fos kai\ *cifi/dion.

Notes

In Greek the terms are more similar than they appear in translation: the common word for sword and its diminutive ('little sword', for which cf. under alpha 2723, alpha 3445, delta 1352, epsiloniota 340, phi 594).

Linked from2 entries

σ632ΣκίφοςsweordThat which is called among us. sknipo/s ['stingy' or 'dim-sighted'] or the ci/fos ['sword'].
φ120Φάσγανονsword[*fa/sganon means the same as] ci/fos. "And [Eugathes] spurned a reed curry-comb and knives without handles and the nail-paring scissors."

Neighbouring entries

ξ74Ξιφισμόςswordplay ξ75Ξιφοκτονεῖνto slay by the sword ξ76Ξίφοςsword ξ77Ξιφουλκίαsword-drawing ξ78Ξόανονcarving, xoanon

Revision history2 revisions · last 17 Sep 2007

17 Sep 2007internal rearrangement; expanded note; raised status — David Whitehead
10 Jul 2001added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝