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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

  • βάδιζε καὶ εἶπον πρὸσ Ἀνανίαν λέγων. οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ. κλοιοὺσ ξυλίνουσ συνέτριψασ, καὶ ποιήσω ἀντ’ αὐτῶν κλοιοὺσ σιδηροῦσ, (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 35:13)
  • νυνὶ δὲ ὄψεσθε ἐν Βαβυλῶνι θεοὺσ ἀργυροῦσ καὶ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ξυλίνουσ ἐπ’ ὤμοισ αἰρομένουσ, δεικνύντασ φόβον τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:4)
  • κοσμοῦσί τε αὐτοὺσ ὡσ ἀνθρώπουσ τοῖσ ἐνδύμασι, θεοὺσ ἀργυροῦσ καὶ θεοὺσ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ξυλίνουσ. οὗτοι δὲ οὐ διασῴζονται ἀπὸ ἰοῦ καὶ βρωμάτων. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:11)
  • ἔπινον οἶνον καὶ ᾔνεσαν τοὺσ θεοὺσ τοὺσ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ἀργυροῦσ καὶ χαλκοῦσ καὶ σιδηροῦσ καὶ ξυλίνουσ καὶ λιθίνουσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:4)
  • καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὑψώθησ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ ἤνεγκαν ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ σὺ καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνέσ σου καὶ αἱ παλλακαί σου καὶ αἱ παράκοιτοί σου οἶνον ἐπίνετε ἐν αὐτοῖσ, καὶ τοὺσ θεοὺσ τοὺσ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ἀργυροῦσ καὶ χαλκοῦσ καὶ σιδηροῦσ καὶ ξυλίνουσ καὶ λιθίνουσ, οἳ οὐ βλέπουσι καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκούουσι καὶ οὐ γινώσκουσιν, ᾔνεσασ καὶ τὸν Θεόν, οὗ ἡ πνοή σου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοί σου, αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐδόξασασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 5:23)

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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