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|Transliteration C=ksifias
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|Definition=ου, ὁ, (ξίφος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sword fish]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>505a18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>325</span>,<span class="bibl">Archestr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>40</span>; cf. [[σκιφίας]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[comet]] (from the shape), <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 2.89</span>.</span>
|Definition=ου, ὁ, (ξίφος) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sword fish]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>505a18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>325</span>,<span class="bibl">Archestr. <span class="title">Fr.</span>40</span>; cf. [[σκιφίας]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[comet]] (from the shape), <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span> 2.89</span>.</span>
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Transliteration A: xiphías Transliteration B: xiphias Transliteration C: ksifias Beta Code: cifi/as

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (ξίφος)    A sword fish, Arist.HA505a18, Fr.325,Archestr. Fr.40; cf. σκιφίας.    II a kind of comet (from the shape), Plin.HN 2.89.

German (Pape)

[Seite 280] ὁ, alles Schwertförmige; – a) der Schwertfisch, Archestrat. bei Ath. VII, 314 e; Pol. 34, 2, 15. – b) nach Plin. 2, 25, 23 eine Art der Kometen.

Greek Monolingual

ο (Α ξιφίας και δωρ. τ. σκιφίας)
ζωολ. γένος μεγάλων περκόμορφων ψαριών που το επάνω σαγόνι τους είναι μακρύ και μοιάζει με ξίφος και που σύμφωνα με τη σημερινή ταξινόμηση ανήκει στην οικογένεια τών ξιφιιδών, αλλ. ξιφιός
αρχ.
είδος κομήτη που ονομάστηκε έτσι επειδή είχε σχήμα όμοιο με ξίφος, ξιφηφόρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξίφος + κατάλ. -ίας (πρβλ. δρομ-ίας, ωμ-ίας). Για τον τ. σκιφίας βλ. λ. ξίφος.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ξῐφίας: ου ὁ меч-рыба Arst., Polyb.