sword
From LSJ
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
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).
