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The Ancient Greek word for wood is
ξύλον





wood



Translations for wood and their definitions

ξύλον
     1. n. (mostly in plural) cut wood, timber
           ἐπὶ δὲ ξύλα πολλὰ λέγεσθε, ὥς κεν παννύχιοι μέσφ’ ἠοῦς ἠριγενείης καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά - And furthermore gather abundant wood, that all night long until early dawn we may burn fires full many.
     2. n. piece of wood, log, beam, post
           ἕστηκε ξύλον αὖον ὅσον τ’ ὄργυι’ ὑπὲρ αἴης - There standeth, a fathom's height above the ground, a dry stump.
     3. n. cudgel, club, stick
           οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ αὐτῶν ξύλων κορύνας ἔχοντες ἑστᾶσι τοῦ ἱροῦ ἐν τῇ ἐσόδῳ - ...
     4. n. an instrument of punishment: wooden collar, stocks, gallows, stake
           ποιέοντα δὲ αὐτὸν ταῦτα καὶ παραφρονήσαντα ἔδησαν οἱ προσήκοντες ἐν ξύλῳ - For doing this, and because he was out of his mind, his relative bound him in the stocks.
     5. n. bench, table
           ἔστιν οὖν ὅστις ἂν τοῦ ξύλου καὶ τοῦ χωρίου καὶ τῶν γραμματείων τοσαύτην ὑπέμεινε φέρειν μίσθωσιν - Now, is there any man who would have submitted to the payment of so large a rental for the ta
     6. n. tree
           τὸ δὲ παρὰ θάλατταν πλέον ἢ ἐπὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους δασὺ πολλοῖς καὶ παντοδαποῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ξύλοις - The land bordering the coast is thickly covered for more than twenty stadia with an abundance
     7. n. blockhead
     8. n. a measure of length: 3 or 2⅔ cubits


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