sword
sword
subs.
P. and V. ξί̆φος, τό, V. φάσγᾰνον, τό, ἔγχος, τό, κνώδων, ὁ, σί̆δηρος, ὁ, Ar. and V. βέλος, τό.
Persian sword: P. ἀκινάκης, ὁ (Dem. 741).
Small sword: P. and V. μά̆χαιρα, ἡ, Ar. and P. ξῐφί̆διον, τό.
Met., war: P. and V. πόλεμος, ὁ, Ar. and V. Ἄρης, ὁ (ᾰ, rarely ᾱ).
Put to the sword: use kill.Cavrying a sword, adj.: V. ξῐφήρης, ξῐφηφόρος.
Drawing the sword: V. ξῐφουλκός.
Slain by the sword: V. σῐδηροκμής.
Slaying with the sword: ξῐφοκτόνος.
A combad with swords: V. ξῐφηφόρος ἀ̆γών, ὁ (Ag., Choe. 584).
subs.
P. and V. ξί̆φος, τό, V. φάσγᾰνον, τό, ἔγχος, τό, κνώδων, ὁ, σί̆δηρος, ὁ, Ar. and V. βέλος, τό.
Persian sword: P. ἀκινάκης, ὁ (Dem. 741).
Small sword: P. and V. μά̆χαιρα, ἡ, Ar. and P. ξῐφί̆διον, τό.
Met., war: P. and V. πόλεμος, ὁ, Ar. and V. Ἄρης, ὁ (ᾰ, rarely ᾱ).
Put to the sword: use kill.Cavrying a sword, adj.: V. ξῐφήρης, ξῐφηφόρος.
Drawing the sword: V. ξῐφουλκός.
Slain by the sword: V. σῐδηροκμής.
Slaying with the sword: ξῐφοκτόνος.
A combad with swords: V. ξῐφηφόρος ἀ̆γών, ὁ (Ag., Choe. 584).
SWORD
gladius: ensis (in poetry for the sword wielded by heroes; and in Liv. for that of a gigantic Gaul): spatha (a long and very broad sword such as those of the Gauls Britons and Germans; not used by the Romans till the times of the emperors): acinaces (ἀκινάκης scimitar of the Persians Medes Scythians etc.): ferrum (iron; used like our “steel ” metonymy for sword): mucro (point of the sword; hence by metonymy for the whole sword with reference to its point and sharpness; but only in the higher styles of composition and in suitable phrases; e.g. to fix or plunge one’s sword into anybody’s body mucronem figere in aliquo Quint.). To have a sword by one’s side gladio (or ense or acinace spatha ferro) succinctum esse: to lay aside one’s sword latus gladio (or ense etc.) succinctum nudare: to draw one’s sword gladium (or ensem etc.) vagina educere; or only gladium educere; gladium stringere or destringere (poetical nudare): to sheathe one’s sword gladium (or ensem etc.) in vaginam recondere: to seize one’s sword (for defence) arma capere: to settle a dispute with the sword aliquid gladio decernere: to let the sword settle a dispute rem gladio gerere: to perish by the sword hostium gladio or manibus perire: to perish either by the sword or by famine vel hostium ferro vel inopia interire: with fire and sword ferro ignique ferro atque igni; ferro flammaque; ferro igni quacunque vi (seldom in the reverse order; but Cic. Phil. 13 21 47 has igni ferroque): to conquer anybody sword in hand aliquem manu superare: the hilt of a sword capulus: the blade lamina: the point mucro: the sheath vagina: the belt balteus: a stroke with a sword ictus gladii: sword-bearer *qui gladium fert.
gladius: ensis (in poetry for the sword wielded by heroes; and in Liv. for that of a gigantic Gaul): spatha (a long and very broad sword such as those of the Gauls Britons and Germans; not used by the Romans till the times of the emperors): acinaces (ἀκινάκης scimitar of the Persians Medes Scythians etc.): ferrum (iron; used like our “steel ” metonymy for sword): mucro (point of the sword; hence by metonymy for the whole sword with reference to its point and sharpness; but only in the higher styles of composition and in suitable phrases; e.g. to fix or plunge one’s sword into anybody’s body mucronem figere in aliquo Quint.). To have a sword by one’s side gladio (or ense or acinace spatha ferro) succinctum esse: to lay aside one’s sword latus gladio (or ense etc.) succinctum nudare: to draw one’s sword gladium (or ensem etc.) vagina educere; or only gladium educere; gladium stringere or destringere (poetical nudare): to sheathe one’s sword gladium (or ensem etc.) in vaginam recondere: to seize one’s sword (for defence) arma capere: to settle a dispute with the sword aliquid gladio decernere: to let the sword settle a dispute rem gladio gerere: to perish by the sword hostium gladio or manibus perire: to perish either by the sword or by famine vel hostium ferro vel inopia interire: with fire and sword ferro ignique ferro atque igni; ferro flammaque; ferro igni quacunque vi (seldom in the reverse order; but Cic. Phil. 13 21 47 has igni ferroque): to conquer anybody sword in hand aliquem manu superare: the hilt of a sword capulus: the blade lamina: the point mucro: the sheath vagina: the belt balteus: a stroke with a sword ictus gladii: sword-bearer *qui gladium fert.
sword:
I. Lit.:
1. glădius: to draw a s., g. stringere, Caes. B C. 3, 93: g. educere, id. B. G. 5, 44: g. distringere, ib. 1, 25: g. nudare, Ov. F. 2, 69: to sheath one's s., g. recondere in vaginam, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 4: g. condere, Quint. 8, praef. § 15.
2. glădiŏlus (dimin. of foregoing): Gell. 10, 25.
3. ensis, is, m.: Liv. 7, 10.
4. ferrum: to attack a man with a s., in aliquem ferro invadere, Cic. Caecin. 9, 25: to receive a stroke of a s., ferrum recipere, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.
5. mucro, ōnis, m. (prop. point of the s.): the s.s of the soldiers, m. militum, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: a death-dealing s., m. mortalis, Virg. Aen. 12, 740: to decide a battle at the s.'s point, rem ad mucrones adducere, Tac. Agr. 36.
6. spătha (a broad s. without point): Tac. A. 12, 35. Phr.: a crossing s.s, complexus armorum, id. Agr. 36.
II. Meton.: war, destruction: Phr.: to have the power of the s., jus gladii habere, Ulp. Dig. 1, 18, 6: when the s. is unknown, ensibus ignotis, Sil. 7, 167: they threaten this city with fire and s., huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur, Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37: to waste with fire and s., ferro atque igni vastare, Liv. 31, 7: to decide by the s., ferro cernere, Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317: to attack with the s., (regna) lacessere ferro, Virg. Aen. 12, 186: v.STEEL . Prov.: to kill a man with his own s., suo sibi gladio aliquem jugulare, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35.
I. Lit.:
1. glădius: to draw a s., g. stringere, Caes. B C. 3, 93: g. educere, id. B. G. 5, 44: g. distringere, ib. 1, 25: g. nudare, Ov. F. 2, 69: to sheath one's s., g. recondere in vaginam, Cic. Inv. 2, 4, 4: g. condere, Quint. 8, praef. § 15.
2. glădiŏlus (dimin. of foregoing): Gell. 10, 25.
3. ensis, is, m.: Liv. 7, 10.
4. ferrum: to attack a man with a s., in aliquem ferro invadere, Cic. Caecin. 9, 25: to receive a stroke of a s., ferrum recipere, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41.
5. mucro, ōnis, m. (prop. point of the s.): the s.s of the soldiers, m. militum, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6: a death-dealing s., m. mortalis, Virg. Aen. 12, 740: to decide a battle at the s.'s point, rem ad mucrones adducere, Tac. Agr. 36.
6. spătha (a broad s. without point): Tac. A. 12, 35. Phr.: a crossing s.s, complexus armorum, id. Agr. 36.
II. Meton.: war, destruction: Phr.: to have the power of the s., jus gladii habere, Ulp. Dig. 1, 18, 6: when the s. is unknown, ensibus ignotis, Sil. 7, 167: they threaten this city with fire and s., huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur, Cic. Phil. 11, 14, 37: to waste with fire and s., ferro atque igni vastare, Liv. 31, 7: to decide by the s., ferro cernere, Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317: to attack with the s., (regna) lacessere ferro, Virg. Aen. 12, 186: v.
ξίφος
ξίφος, ξίφους, τό, sword
φάσγανον
a sword
(sg) sword; (pl) projecting teeth on hunting spear, edges
ξιφήρης
sword in hand
ξιφηφόρος
sword in hand
ξιφοδρέπανον
sickle-shaped sword, scimitar
σαμψήρα
sword of state
σκάλμη
knife, sword
σκίφος
sword
ἄορ
a hanger, sword
ῥομφαία
a large sword, scymitar
ξίφος, ξίφους, τό, sword
φάσγανον
a sword
appearing fewer than 50 times
κνώδων(sg) sword; (pl) projecting teeth on hunting spear, edges
ξιφήρης
sword in hand
ξιφηφόρος
sword in hand
ξιφοδρέπανον
sickle-shaped sword, scimitar
σαμψήρα
sword of state
σκάλμη
knife, sword
σκίφος
sword
ἄορ
a hanger, sword
ῥομφαία
a large sword, scymitar
sword
Sword
- of Cambyses: Paus. 1.28.11
- of Mardonius: Paus. 1.27.1
- of Memnon: Paus. 3.3.8
sword
sword and sandals, tokens of the fatherhood of Aegeus
- Apollod. 3.15.6
- taken up by Theseus: Apollod. 3.15.8