ξιφίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξῐ́φος (xíphos, “sword”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ξῐφῐ́ᾱς • (xiphíās) m (genitive ξῐφῐ́ου); first declension

  1. the swordfish
  2. a type of comet

Inflection
First declension of ὁ ξῐφῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ ξῐφῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ξῐφῐ́ᾱς
ho xiphíās		 τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ xiphíā		 οἱ ξῐφῐ́αι
hoi xiphíai
Genitive τοῦ ξῐφῐ́ου
toû xiphíou		 τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν
toîn xiphíain		 τῶν ξῐφῐῶν
tôn xiphiôn
Dative τῷ ξῐφῐ́ᾳ
tôi xiphíāi		 τοῖν ξῐφῐ́αιν
toîn xiphíain		 τοῖς ξῐφῐ́αις
toîs xiphíais
Accusative τὸν ξῐφῐ́ᾱν
tòn xiphíān		 τὼ ξῐφῐ́ᾱ
tṑ xiphíā		 τοὺς ξῐφῐ́ᾱς
toùs xiphíās
Vocative ξῐφῐ́ᾱ
xiphíā		 ξῐφῐ́ᾱ
xiphíā		 ξῐφῐ́αι
xiphíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Greek

Alternative forms

ξιφιός m (xifiós)

Noun

ξιφίας • (xifías) m (plural ξιφίες)

  1. swordfish

Declension
declension of ξιφίας
singular plural
nominative ξιφίας • ξιφίες •
genitive ξιφία • ξιφιών •
accusative ξιφία • ξιφίες •
vocative ξιφία • ξιφίες •

Further reading
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