ξιφομάχαιρα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + μάχαιρα (mákhaira, “knife, dagger”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksi.pʰo.má.kʰai̯.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksi.pʰoˈma.kʰɛ.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksi.ɸoˈma.çɛ.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksi.foˈma.çe.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksi.foˈma.çe.ra/
Noun
editξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ • (xiphomákhaira) f (genitive ξῐφομᾰχαίρας); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ hē xiphomákhaira |
τὼ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ tṑ xiphomakhaírā |
αἱ ξῐφομᾰ́χαιραι hai xiphomákhairai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱς tês xiphomakhaírās |
τοῖν ξῐφομᾰχαίραιν toîn xiphomakhaírain |
τῶν ξῐφομᾰχαιρῶν tôn xiphomakhairôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾳ têi xiphomakhaírāi |
τοῖν ξῐφομᾰχαίραιν toîn xiphomakhaírain |
ταῖς ξῐφομᾰχαίραις taîs xiphomakhaírais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰν tḕn xiphomákhairan |
τὼ ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ tṑ xiphomakhaírā |
τᾱ̀ς ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱς tā̀s xiphomakhaírās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ξῐφομᾰ́χαιρᾰ xiphomákhaira |
ξῐφομᾰχαίρᾱ xiphomakhaírā |
ξῐφομᾰ́χαιραι xiphomákhairai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “ξιφομάχαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξιφομάχαιρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette