ξύλον: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=ξύ˘λον, ου, τό, [perh. from ξύω]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[wood]] cut and [[ready]] for use, firewood, [[timber]], Hom.; ξύλα νήια [[ship]]- [[timber]], Hes.; ξ. ναυπηγήσιμα Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in sg. a [[piece]] of [[wood]], a [[post]], Hom.: a [[perch]], Ar.: a [[stick]], [[cudgel]], [[club]], Hdt., Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[collar]] of [[wood]], put on the [[neck]] of the [[prisoner]], Ar.:—also [[stocks]], for the feet, Hdt., Ar.; cf. [[πεντεσύριγγος]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[plank]] or [[beam]] to [[which]] malefactors were [[bound]], the Cross, NTest.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> a [[money]]-changer's [[table]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> πρῶτον [[ξύλον]] the [[front]] [[bench]] of the Athenian [[theatre]], Ar.<br />III*. of [[live]] [[wood]], a [[tree]], Xen.