Machaira
Lemma: μάχαιρα
noun
noun
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Added Oct 29, 2025
Definition
μάχαιρα refers to a knife or dagger—a short, stabbing weapon used in close combat, often contrasted with the longer sword (xiphos).
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Grammatical Analysis
"Machaira"
Case: nominative (or vocative, or accusative)
Number: singular
Gender: feminine
Related Forms of μάχαιρα
1 form discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: