ξιφίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξῐ́φος (xĭ́phos, “sword”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, “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 • (xĭphĭ́ās) m (genitive ξῐφῐ́ου); first declension

1. swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

   Synonym: θρᾰνῐ́ᾱς (thrănĭ́ās)

   • 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 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
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 (xĭphĭ́ās).

Noun

ξιφίας • (xifías) m (plural ξιφίες)

1. swordfish

Declension

Declension of ξιφίας

	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