ξίφος [ῐ], Aeol.
σκίφος(q. v.),εος,τό,
A. sword, ξ. μέγα, ὀξύ,
Il. 1.194 , 4.530 , etc., cf. A. Pr. 863 , Hdt. 3.64 , X. An. 2.2.9 , etc. ; ξ. ἄμφηκες
Il. 21.118
, Od. 16.80 ; ξ. ἀργυρόηλον χάλκεον
Il. 19.372
; ξ. σὺν κολεῷ . . καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι
7.303
: used by Hom. as equivalent ofἄορandφάσγανον,
Od. 11.48 (cf. 24 , 82 ), 10.294 (cf. 321 ) ; cf.μάχαιρα.
2. power of life and death,Lat.jus gladii,
Philostr. VA 4.42 .
II. sword-shaped bonein the cuttle-fish (τευθίς), Arist. HA 524b24 , PA 654a21 , Opp. H. 3.558 ; also in theξιφίας,
Arist. Fr. 325 .