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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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ξύλον

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ξυλον

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22541

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22564

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cu/lon

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