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ξύλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξύλον ξύλου

Structure: ξυλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: perh. from cu/w

Sense

  1. (mostly in plural) cut wood, timber
  2. piece of wood, log, beam, post
  3. cudgel, club, stick
  4. an instrument of punishment: wooden collar, stocks, gallows, stake
  5. bench, table
  6. tree
  7. blockhead
  8. a measure of length: 3 or 2⅔ cubits

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀναστὰσ δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὸ πρωί̈ ἐπέσαξε τὴν ὄνον αὐτοῦ. παρέλαβε δὲ μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ δύο παῖδασ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ σχίσασ ξύλα εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν, ἀναστὰσ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεόσ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:3)
  • ἔλαβε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ τὰ ξύλα τῆσ ὁλοκαρπώσεωσ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν Ἰσαὰκ τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ. ἔλαβε δὲ μετὰ χεῖρασ καὶ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν οἱ δύο ἅμα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:6)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ πρὸσ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπε. τί ἐστι, τέκνον̣ εἶπε δέ. ἰδοὺ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὰ ξύλα. ποῦ ἐστι τὸ πρόβατον τὸ εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:7)
  • ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ὃν εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεόσ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἁβραὰμ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἐπέθηκε τὰ ξύλα, καὶ συμποδίσασ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐπέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπάνω τῶν ξύλων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:9)
  • ἐπάταξε δὲ ἡ χάλαζα ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ, καὶ πᾶσαν βοτάνην τὴν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἐπάταξεν ἡ χάλαζα, καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐν τοῖσ πεδίοισ συνέτριψεν ἡ χάλαζα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:25)

Synonyms

  1. cut wood

  2. piece of wood

  3. cudgel

  4. bench

  5. tree

  6. blockhead

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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