sword

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ξίφος, τό, V. φάσγανον, τό, ἔγχος, τό, κνώδων, ὁ, σίδηρος, ὁ, Ar. and V. βέλος, τό.

Persian sword: P. ἀκινάκης, ὁ (Dem. 741).

small sword: P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ, Ar. and P. ξιφίδιον, τό.

Met., war: P. and V. πόλεμος, ὁ, Ar. and V. Ἄρης, ὁ (α, rarely α).

put to the sword: use kill.

carrying a sword, adj.: V. ξιφήρης, ξιφηφόρος.

drawing the sword: V. ξιφουλκός.

slain by the sword: V. σιδηροκμής.

slaying with the sword: ξιφοκτόνος.

a combat with swords: V. ξιφηφόρος ἀγών, ὁ (Agamemnon, Choephoroe 584).

Translations

Abkhaz: аса; Adyghe: чатэ; Afrikaans: swaard; Albanian: thikare, shpatë, pallë, shkallmë; Amharic: ሰይፍ; Arabic: سَيْف‎; Egyptian Arabic: سيف‎; Hijazi Arabic: سيف‎; Aragonese: espata; Armenian: թուր, սուր; Aromanian: apalã, spatã, coardã, cealãmi, lipidã; Assamese: তৰোৱাল, হেংদাং; Asturian: espada; Avar: кӏалден; Azerbaijani: qılınc; Baluchi: زہم‎; Bashkir: ҡылыс; Basque: ezpata; Belarusian: шабля, меч; Bengali: তলোয়ার, তরোয়াল, তেগ, শমশের, ছুরি, দাও, দা; Breton: kleze, klezeñv; Bulgarian: меч; Burmese: ဓား; Buryat: һэлмэ; Catalan: espasa; Chakma: 𑄙𑄟; Chechen: гӏалакх, тур; Cherokee: ᎭᏰᎳᏍᏗ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ; Chinese Cantonese: 劍, 剑; Hakka: 劍, 剑; Mandarin: 劍, 剑, 刀; Min Dong: 劍, 剑; Min Nan: 劍, 剑; Wu: 劍, 剑; Chuukese: ketinas; Classical Nahuatl: tepozmāccuahuitl; Classical Syriac: ܣܝܦܐ‎; Coptic Bohairic: ⲥⲏϥⲓ; Sahidic: ⲥⲏϥⲉ; Cornish: kledha; Corsican: spada; Czech: meč; Dalmatian: sputa; Danish: sværd; Daur: selmii; Dhivehi: ކަނދި‎; Dongxiang: baojien; Dutch: zwaard; Esperanto: glavo; Estonian: mõõk; Evenki: тутэкэ̄н; Faroese: svørð, mæki; Finnish: miekka; French: épée, glaive; Old French: espee; Friulian: spade; Gagauz: kılıç; Galician: espada; Georgian: ხმალი, დაშნა, მახვილი, ლახვარი; German: Schwert; Alemannic German: Schwärt; Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃, 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃; Greek: ξίφος, σπαθί; Ancient Greek: ξίφος, φάσγανον, μάχαιρα, ῥομφαία; Greenlandic: pana; Guaraní: kysepuku; Gujarati: તલવાર, શમશેર; Hebrew: חֶרֶב‎, סַיִף‎; Hindi: तलवार, शमशेर; Hungarian: kard; Hunsrik: Schweert; Icelandic: sverð; Ido: espado; Indonesian: pedang; Interlingua: spada, gladio; Irish: claíomh; Old Irish: claideb; Istriot: spada; Italian: spada, brando, stocco, gladio; Japanese: 刀, 剣; Jarai: đao; Javanese: pedhang; Kalmyk: селм, үлд; Kannada: ಕತ್ತಿ; Karachay-Balkar: къылыч; Karakalpak: qılısh; Kashubian: miecz; Kazakh: қылыш; Khakas: хылыс; Khmer: ដាវ; Komi-Permyak: шыпурт; Korean: 검(劍), 칼; Kumyk: къылыч; Kurdish Central Kurdish: شِمشێر‎, شیر‎; Northern Kurdish: şimşûr, şûr; Kyrgyz: кылыч; Lao: ດາບ; Latgalian: zūbyns; Latin: gladius, spatha, ensis, machaera, mucro, ferrum; Latvian: zobens; Ligurian: spâ; Limburgish: zwerd; Lithuanian: kalavijas, kardas; Low German: Sweerd; Macedonian: меч; Malagasy: antsifotsy, sabatra, viarara; Malay: pedang; Malayalam: വാള്; Maltese: sejf, xabla; Manchu: ᠯᠣᡥᠣ; Manx: cliwe; Maori: hoari; Maranao: koyang, miros, pedang; Middle English: sword; Mongghul: uldi; Mongolian: илд, сэлэм; Nahuatl: tepozmācuahuitl; Nanai: пакан, лохон; Navajo: diltłish; Ngazidja Comorian: upanga 11 or 10; Nogai: кылыш; North Frisian: swird, Swērt, Swiirt; Northern Qiang: hɑː; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: sverd; Nynorsk: sverd; Occitan: espasa; Ojibwe: ashaweshk; Old Church Slavonic: мечь; Old East Slavic: мечь; Old English: sweord, sword, bil, mēċe, secg; Old Norse: mækir, sverð; Oriya: ଖଡ୍ଗ; Ossetian: кард, цирхъ; Pashto: توره‎; Pennsylvania German: Dege, Schwart, Schwaert; Persian: شمشیر‎; Piedmontese: spa; Plautdietsch: Schweat, Schwieet; Pohnpeian: kedlahs; Polish: miecz; Portuguese: espada; Punjabi: ਤਲਵਾਰ; Quechua: sawli; Romanian: sabie, spadă; Romansch: spada, speda; Russian: меч, шпага, сабля; Samogitian: kalavėjs; Sanskrit: कृपाण, असि, खड्ग; Sardinian: spada, ispada; Saterland Frisian: Swäid; Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh, slòighre; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: мач; Roman: mač; Shona: munondo; Shor: қылыш; Sicilian: spata; Sinhalese: කඩුව; Slovak: meč; Slovene: meč, sablja; Somali: seef; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: mjac; Upper Sorbian: mječ; Southern Altai: кылыш; Spanish: espada; Sudovian: kalavian; Swahili: upanga; Swedish: svärd; Tagalog: tabak; Tajik: шамшер; Tamil: வாள்; Tatar: кылыч; Telugu: కత్తి, కృపాణము; Thai: ดาบ; Tibetan: དཔའ་དམ།; Tocharian B: apsāl, kertte; Tok Pisin: bainat, bainet; Tongan: heleta; Turkish: kılıç; Turkmen: gylyç; Tuvan: хылыш; Ukrainian: меч; Urdu: تلوار‎, شمشیر‎; Uyghur: قىلىچ‎, شەمشەر‎; Uzbek: qilich, shamshir; Venetian: spada; Veps: mek; Vietnamese: gươm, kiếm; Volapük: gläv; Walloon: spêye; Waray-Waray: espada; Welsh: cleddyf; West Frisian: swurd; Yakut: кылыс; Yiddish: שווערד‎; Zazaki: şimşêr