ὕλη
ὕλη
.ὕ_λη, ἡ,
Lat. sylva, a wood, forest, woodland, Hom., Hdt., etc.; τὰ δένδρα καὶ ὕλη fruit-trees and forest-trees, Thuc.: copse, brushwood, opp. to timber-trees, Xen.
wood cut down, firewood, fuel, Hom., etc.
like Lat. materia, stuff of which a thing is made, the raw material, wood, timber, Od., Hdt.
in Philosophy, matter, Arist.
subject matter, Arist.