ξύλον
ξύλον
ξύλον (ῠ), ου, τό,
perh. from ξύω
wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber, Hom.; ξύλα νήια ship- timber, Hes.; ξ. ναυπηγήσιμα Thuc.
in sg. a piece of wood, a post, Hom.: a perch, Ar.: a stick, cudgel, club, Hdt., Ar.
a collar of wood, put on the neck of the prisoner, Ar.:—also stocks, for the feet, Hdt., Ar.; cf. πεντεσύριγγος.
a plank or beam to which malefactors were bound, the Cross, NTest.
a money-changerʼs table, Dem.
πρῶτον ξύλον the front bench of the Athenian theatre, Ar.
of live wood, a tree, Xen.
Headword (normalized):
ξύλον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ξυλον
Intro Text:
ξύλον
ξύλον (ῠ), ου, τό,
perh. from ξύω
wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber, Hom.; ξύλα νήια ship- timber, Hes.; ξ. ναυπηγήσιμα Thuc.
in sg. a piece of wood, a post, Hom.: a perch, Ar.: a stick, cudgel, club, Hdt., Ar.
a collar of wood, put on the neck of the prisoner, Ar.:—also stocks, for the feet, Hdt., Ar.; cf. πεντεσύριγγος.
a plank or beam to which malefactors were bound, the Cross, NTest.
a money-changerʼs table, Dem.
πρῶτον ξύλον the front bench of the Athenian theatre, Ar.
of live wood, a tree, Xen.
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