xiphias

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

xĭphĭas, ae, m., = ξιφίας (swordshaped).

I A sword-fish : Xiphias gladius, Linn.; Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15; Ov. Hal. 97. —

II A sword-shaped comet , Plin. 2, 25, 22, § 89.

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