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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

  • εἰσπλεῖν μέ φησιν ἐν μονοξύλῳ πλοίῳ κατὰ τὸν Λοιδίαν ποταμὸν τῆσ νυκτὸσ ὡσ Φίλιππον, καὶ τὴν ἐπιστολὴν τὴν δεῦρο ἐλθοῦσαν Φιλίππῳ γράψαι. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1242)

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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