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μονόξυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μονόξυλος μονόξυλον

Structure: μονοξυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cu/lon

Sense

  1. made from a solid trunk
  2. made of wood only

Examples

  • αὐτὴ μὲν οὖν ἡ πόλισ πᾶσα χρυσῆ,τὸ δὲ τεῖχοσ περίκειται σμαράγδινον πύλαι δέ εἰσιν ἑπτά, πᾶσαι μονόξυλοι κινναμώμινοι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. made of wood only

Related

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

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