Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξύλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξύλινος ξύλινη ξύλινον

Structure: ξυλιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cu/lon

Sense

  1. of wood, wooden

Examples

  • καὶ σκεῦοσ ὀστράκινον, οὗ ἂν ἅψηται ὁ γονορρυήσ, συντριβήσεται. καὶ σκεῦοσ ξύλινον νιφήσεται ὕδατι καὶ καθαρὸν ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 15:12)
  • καὶ πᾶν περίβλημα καὶ πᾶν σκεῦοσ δερμάτινον καὶ πᾶσαν ἐργασίαν ἐξ αἰγείασ καὶ πᾶν σκεῦοσ ξύλινον ἀφαγνιεῖτε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 31:20)
  • καλῶσ, ἔφη, ἂν ξύλινον τὸν ἀνταγωνιστὴν ἔχῃσ. (Lucian, (no name) 38:2)
  • τόσ’ εἶπε, καὶ ἁβροβάταν κέλευσεν ἅπτειν ξύλινον δόμον. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 11:3)
  • τὸν σὺ φυλάξαι, τεῖχοσ ποιήσασ ξύλινον πύργουσ τε σιδηροῦσ. (Aristotle, Episode 1:19)

Synonyms

  1. of wood

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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