xiphias
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
xiphias xiphiae N M :: swordfish
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.
