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ξίφος

xiphos

sword with a straight, double-edged blade

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ξίφος · xiphos — Beekes

sword with a straight, double-edged blade

2. ξίφος · xiphos — Chantraine

n

3. ξίφος · xiphos — Frisk

n

4. ξίφος · xiphos — Frisk

Gegen Zurückführung von osset

5. ξίφος · xiphos — LSJ

sword, power of life and death, sword-shaped bone

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1087-1088; entry #4400 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 783; entry #5727 Review: Under source audit

    OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1308-1309; entry #4150 Review: Under source audit

    OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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