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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

  • ποίησον οὖν σεαυτῷ κιβωτὸν ἐκ ξύλων τετραγώνων. νοσσιὰσ ποιήσεισ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἀσφαλτώσεισ αὐτὴν ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν τῇ ἀσφάλτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:14)
  • 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)
  • εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ γῆν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀναβήτω ἀκρὶσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ κατέδεται πᾶσαν βοτάνην τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντα τὸν καρπὸν τῶν ξύλων, ὃν ὑπελίπετο ἡ χάλαζα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:12)
  • καὶ ἐκάλυψε τὴν ὄψιν τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐφθάρη ἡ γῆ. καὶ κατέφαγε πᾶσαν βοτάνην τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πάντα τὸν καρπὸν τῶν ξύλων, ὃσ ὑπελείφθη ἀπὸ τῆσ χαλάζησ. οὐχ ὑπελείφθη χλωρὸν οὐδὲν ἐν τοῖσ ξύλοισ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ βοτάνῃ τοῦ πεδίου, ἐν πάσῃ γῇ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:15)
  • Καὶ ποιήσεισ κιβωτὸν μαρτυρίου ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ ὕψοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:9)

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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