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.

cavrying 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).