ξύλον [ῠ], τό
(
plural spelt ξύλεα [
Refs 5th c.BC+],
wood cut and ready for use,
firewood, timber, etc., [
Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly in
plural, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. νήϊα ship-
timber, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. τετράγωνα
logs cut square, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 in
plural, also,
the wood-market, ἐπὶ ξύλα ἰέναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II in
singular,
piece of wood, log, beam, post, once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ξ. σύκινον
spoon made of fig
wood, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
peg or
lever, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
perch, ἐπὶ ξύλου καθεύδειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵπποιο κακὸν ξ., of the Trojan horse, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.2 cudgel, club, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ ξύλων εἰσπηδῆσαι [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξύλοις συντρίψειν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the
club of Heracles, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3 an instrument of punishment, II.3.a wooden collar, put on the neck of the prisoner, ξύλῳ φιμοῦν τὸν αὐχένα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; or,
II.3.b stocks, in which the feet were confined, [
NT+5th c.BC+]: also in
plural, ἔδησεν ἐν τοῖς ξ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.c πεντεσύριγγον ξύλον (see. entry) was a combination of both, with holes for the neck, arms, and legs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3.d gallows, κρεμάσαι τινὰ ἐπὶ ξύλου [
LXX]; ξ. δίδυμον[
LXX] i.e. if one must be hanged, at least let it be on a noble tree, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in
NT, of the
cross, [
NT]
II.3.e stake on which criminals were impaled, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4 bench, table, especially
money-changer's table, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.5 πρῶτον ξύλον front
bench in the Athenian theatre, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] the official who had to take care of the
seats, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6 the Hippocratic
bench, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III of live wood,
tree, [ὄρος] δασὺ πολλοῖς καὶ παντοδαποῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ξύλοις [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου, of cotton, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV of persons,
blockhead, [
Refs]; of a stubborn person, σίδηρός τις ἢ ξ. πρὸς τὰς δεήσεις [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
V a measure oflength, = 3 (also 2 2/3) cubits, the side of the ναύβιον, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 23.4,11, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
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