ξίφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], Aeol. σκίφος (q. v.), εος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sword]], <b class="b3">ξ. μέγα, ὀξύ</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.194</span>, <span class="bibl">4.530</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>863</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.64</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.9</span>, etc. ; ξ. ἄμφηκες <span class="bibl">Il.21.118</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.80</span>; ξ. ἀργυρόηλον χάλκεον <span class="bibl">Il.19.372</span>; ξ. σὺν κολεῷ… καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι <span class="bibl">7.303</span> : used by Hom. as equivalent of [[ἄορ]] and [[φάσγανον]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.48</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">24</span>, <span class="bibl">82</span>), <span class="bibl">10.294</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">321</span>) ; cf. [[μάχαιρα]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[power of life and death]], Lat. [[jus gladii]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>4.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sword-shaped bone]] in the cuttle-fish (τευθίς), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>524b24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span> 654a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.558</span>; also in the [[ξιφίας]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>325</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ξιφίον]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.13.1</span>.</span>