ξόανον

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ὅπουλεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's

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Full diacritics: ξόᾰνον Medium diacritics: ξόανον Low diacritics: ξόανον Capitals: ΞΟΑΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: xóanon Transliteration B: xoanon Transliteration C: ksoanon Beta Code: co/anon

English (LSJ)

τό, (ξέω) A image carved of wood, E.Ion1403, X.An.5.3.12 : then, generally, image, statue, especially of a god, Acus.28 J., E.IT 1359, Tr.525 (lyr.), 1074 (lyr.), BMus.Inscr.1012 (Chalcedon, i B. C./ i A. D.), Paus.8.17.2, al., Porph.Abst.2.56; also of a representation on a scarab, PMag.Leid.V.9.22. II musical instrument, ξόαν' ἡδυμελῆ S.Fr.238 (anap.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 280] τό (ξέω), eigtl. alles aus Holz Geschnitzte, wie Soph. frg. 228 neben λύραι καὶ μαγάδιδες hat τά τ' ἐν Ἕλλησι ξόαν' ἡδυμελῆ; bes. aber Götterbilder aus Holz, auch aus Stein, u. später auch aus anderen Stoffen gearbeitet; κλέπτοντες ἐκ γῆς ξόανον, Eur. I. T. 1359; βωμοῦ λιποῦσα ξόανα, Ion 1403; aus Cypressenholz, Xen. An. 5, 3, 12; oft bei Paus. u. a. Sp., Ep. ad. 203 (App. 283).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ξόᾰνον: τό, (ξέω) εἴδωλον γεγλυμμένον ἐκ ξύλου, Ξεν. Ἀν. 5. 3, 12· ἀκολούθως, καθόλου, εἴδωλον, ἄγαλμα, ὁμοίωμα, ἰδίως θεοῦ, Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 1359, Τρῳ 525, 1074. ΙΙ. μουσικόν τι ὄργανον, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 228.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
statue de dieu en bois ou en pierre.
Étymologie: ξέω.

Spanish

imagen grabada

Greek Monotonic

ξόᾰνον: τό (ξέω), είδωλο από σκαλισμένο ξύλο, σε Ξεν.· γενικά, είδωλο, άγαλμα, σε Ευρ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ξόᾰνον: τό
1) резное или тесаное изображение, изваяние, статуя Eur., Xen.;
2) резьба Soph.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: image of a god. Acc. to Latte Glotta 32, 1953, 35 = Kl. Schr. 582 also adj., reading ξοανῶν προθύρων ἐξεσμένων H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: The word is mostly derived from ξέω (s.v.), but I would rather think of a Pre-Greek word. (Not in Fur.)
See also: s. ξέω.

Middle Liddell

ξόᾰνον, ου, τό, [ξέω]
an image carved of wood, Xen.: generally, an image, statue, Eur.

Frisk Etymology German

ξόανον: {ksóanon}
See also: s. ξέω.
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English (Woodhouse)

image of a god, of a god

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