ὑλοτόμος: Difference between revisions
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ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
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English (LSJ)
(parox.), ον, (τέμνω)
A cutting or felling wood, πελέκεις Il.23.114; τέκτων LXXWi.13.11. II Subst. ὑλοτόμος, ὁ, woodcutter, woodman, Il.23.123, Hes.Op.807, S.El.98 (anap.), IG12.1084.5, Thphr.HP3.9.3, Gal.17(2).229, etc. III τὸ ὑλότομον either a plant cut in the wood (cf. τέμνω 111), used as a charm; or = worm (cf. φερέοικος), supposed to be the cause of pain in teething (οὐλοτόμοιο may be the right reading), h.Cer.229.
