ξιφομάχαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) +‎ μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife, dagger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.má.kʰai̯.ra/ → /ksi.ɸoˈma.çɛ.ra/ → /ksi.foˈma.çe.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰo.má.kʰai̯.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksi.pʰoˈma.kʰɛ.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksi.ɸoˈma.çɛ.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈma.çe.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksi.foˈma.çe.ra/

Noun

ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ • (xiphomákhaira) f (genitive ξῐφομᾰχαίρας); first declension

1. sabre

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ; τῆς ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ hē xiphomákhaira	τὼ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ tṑ xiphomakhaírā	αἱ ξῐφομᾰ́χαιραι hai xiphomákhairai
Genitive	τῆς ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱς tês xiphomakhaírās	τοῖν ξῐφομᾰχαίραιν toîn xiphomakhaírain	τῶν ξῐφομᾰχαιρῶν tôn xiphomakhairôn
Dative	τῇ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾳ têi xiphomakhaírāi	τοῖν ξῐφομᾰχαίραιν toîn xiphomakhaírain	ταῖς ξῐφομᾰχαίραις taîs xiphomakhaírais
Accusative	τὴν ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰν tḕn xiphomákhairan	τὼ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ tṑ xiphomakhaírā	τᾱ̀ς ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱς tā̀s xiphomakhaírās
Vocative	ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ xiphomákhaira	ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ xiphomakhaírā	ξῐφομᾰ́χαιραι xiphomákhairai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ξιφομάχαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξιφομάχαιρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette