ξιφοδρέπανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξῐ́φος (xĭ́phos, “sword”) +‎ δρέπᾰνον (drépănon, “sickle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.dré.pa.non/ → /ksi.ɸoˈðre.pa.non/ → /ksi.foˈðre.pa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.dré.pa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰoˈdre.pa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksi.ɸoˈðre.pa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈðre.pa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈðre.pa.non/

Noun

ξῐφοδρέπᾰνον • (xĭphodrépănon) n (genitive ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νου); second declension

1. sickle-shaped sword, sort of scimitar

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ξῐφοδρέπᾰνον; τοῦ ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ξῐφοδρέπᾰνον tò xĭphodrépănon	τὼ ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νω tṑ xĭphodrepắnō	τᾰ̀ ξῐφοδρέπᾰνᾰ tằ xĭphodrépănă
Genitive	τοῦ ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νου toû xĭphodrepắnou	τοῖν ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νοιν toîn xĭphodrepắnoin	τῶν ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νων tôn xĭphodrepắnōn
Dative	τῷ ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νῳ tôi xĭphodrepắnōi	τοῖν ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νοιν toîn xĭphodrepắnoin	τοῖς ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νοις toîs xĭphodrepắnois
Accusative	τὸ ξῐφοδρέπᾰνον tò xĭphodrépănon	τὼ ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νω tṑ xĭphodrepắnō	τᾰ̀ ξῐφοδρέπᾰνᾰ tằ xĭphodrépănă
Vocative	ξῐφοδρέπᾰνον xĭphodrépănon	ξῐφοδρεπᾰ́νω xĭphodrepắnō	ξῐφοδρέπᾰνᾰ xĭphodrépănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξιφοδρέπανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press