xiphias
From LSJ
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
xĭphĭas: ae, m., = ξιφίας (swordshaped).
I A sword-fish: Xiphias gladius, Linn.; Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15; Ov. Hal. 97. —
II A sword-shaped comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
xĭphĭās,¹⁶ æ, m. (ξιφίας),
1 espadon [poisson de mer] : Plin. 32, 15 ; Ov. Hal. 97
2 sorte de comète ayant la forme d’une épée : Plin. 2, 89.
Latin > German (Georges)
xiphiās, ae, Akk. ān, m. (ξιφίας, von der Gestalt eines Schwertes), I) der Schwertfisch (Xiphias Gladius, L.), rein lat. gladius, Plin. 32, 15 u. 151. Ov. hal. 97. Firm. math. 8, 17. p. 222, 50. – II) der Schwertstern, eine Art Kometen von Gestalt eines Schwertes, Plin. 2, 89.
