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ὑλοτόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑλοτόμος ὑλοτόμον

Structure: ὑλοτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. u(lo/tomos

Sense

  1. cutting, felling wood
  2. a wood-cutter, woodman

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ καί τισ ὑλοτόμοσ τέκνων εὐκίνητον φυτὸν ἐκπρίσασ περιέξυσεν εὐμαθῶσ πάντα τὸν φλοιὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τεχνησάμενοσ εὐπρεπῶσ κατεσκεύασε χρήσιμον σκεῦοσ εἰσ ὑπηρεσίαν ζωῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:11)

Synonyms

  1. cutting

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

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