ξῐφ-ιον · xiph-ion — LSJ
corn-flag, Gladiolus segetum
corn-flag, Gladiolus segetum, Thphr. HP 6.8.1, Dsc. 4.20.
The corpus record
ξῐφ-ιον
xiphion · τό
corn-flag, Gladiolus segetum
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What it meant
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.