ξιφίας
From LSJ
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (ξίφος)
A sword fish, Arist.HA505a18, Fr.325,Archestr. Fr.40; cf. σκιφίας. II a kind of comet (from the shape), Plin.HN 2.89.
