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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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. βλαστησάτω ἡ γῆ βοτάνην χόρτου σπεῖρον σπέρμα κατὰ γένοσ καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοιότητα, καὶ ξύλον κάρπιμον ποιοῦν καρπόν, οὗ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ κατὰ γένοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:11)
  • καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν ἡ γῆ βοτάνην χόρτου σπεῖρον σπέρμα κατὰ γένοσ καὶ καθ̓ ὁμοιότητα, καὶ ξύλον κάρπιμον ποιοῦν καρπόν, οὗ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ κατὰ γένοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:12)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν πάντα χόρτον σπόριμον σπεῖρον σπέρμα, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπάνω πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ πᾶν ξύλον, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ καρπὸν σπέρματοσ σπορίμου, ὑμῖν ἔσται εἰσ βρῶσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:29)
  • καὶ ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)

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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