ξίφος

Etymology
Already in Late Mycenaean Greek (Ta-716 from Pylos), attested in the dual (mostly ideographically as ). Probably of non-Greek origin, likely borrowed from. If not, perhaps both are from an Old Semitic saïf or sêf, or from a Libyan or "Sea Peoples" word.

Noun

 * 1) sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of the Iron Age and Classical Antiquity.
 * 2) the sword-shaped bone of the cuttlefish
 * 3) swordfish
 * 4) corn-flag
 * 1) swordfish
 * 2) corn-flag
 * 1) corn-flag

Etymology
From the.