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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

  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ Ἀδὰμ λέγων. ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ βρώσει φαγῇ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:16)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ. ᾗ δ̓ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ, θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:17)
  • Ο δὲ ὄφισ ἦν φρονιμώτατοσ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὧν ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφισ τῇ γυναικί. τί ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ, οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:1)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ὄφει. ἀπὸ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου φαγούμεθα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:2)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου, εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ, οὐ φάγεσθε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ, οὐ δὲ μὴ ἅψησθε αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:3)

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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