σκιφίας
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, Dor. for ξιφίας,
A sword-fish, Epich.58, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 900] ὁ, dor. statt ξιφίας, Schwertfisch, Epicharm. Ath. VII, 282 b.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκῐφίας: -ου, ὁ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ξιφίας, ὁ ἰχθύς, Ἑπίχ. 29 Ahr., Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Α
(δωρ. τ.) βλ. ξιφίας.
