ξιφίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξῐ́φος (xíphos, “sword”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, “nominal suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰí.aːs/ → /ksiˈɸi.as/ → /ksiˈfi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksiˈpʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈɸi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈfi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈfi.as/

Noun

ξῐφῐ́ᾱς • (xiphíās) m (genitive ξῐφῐ́ου); first declension

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς (thraníās)

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 2.13.9
2. type of comet
   • 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History 2.22

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ξῐφῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ξῐφῐ́ου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Spanish: Jifia
• → Translingual: Xiphias

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 (xiphíās).

Noun

ξιφίας • (xifías) m (plural ξιφίες)

1. swordfish

Declension

Declension of ξιφίας

	singular	plural
nominative	ξιφίας •	ξιφίες •
genitive	ξιφία •	ξιφιών •
accusative	ξιφία •	ξιφίες •
vocative	ξιφία •	ξιφίες •

Related terms

• see: ξίφος n (xífos, “sword”)

Further reading

• ξιφίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el