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Lewis Short

xĭphĭas (noun M) = ξιφίας: (swordshaped).
* A sword-fish: Xiphias gladius, Linn.; Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15; Ov. Hal. 97.
* A sword-shaped comet, Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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