Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξυλοκόπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξυλοκόπος ξυλοκόπον

Structure: ξυλοκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/ptw

Sense

  1. hewing or felling wood

Examples

  • τούτων δὲ χρὴ τοὺσ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκοντιστῶν πέλεκυν ἔχοντασ ξυλοκόπον ἀναγκάζειν στρατεύεσθαι, τοὺσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν τοξοτῶν σμινύην, τοὺσ δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν σφενδονητῶν ἄμην· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 45:2)

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

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