ξυλοφθόρος

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οὕτως ἐξ ἐχθρῶν αὐτοκτόνα πέμπετο δῶρα, ἐν χάριτος προφάσει μοῖραν ἔχοντα μόρου → thus mutual gifts that bring death were bestowed by enemies, gifts that brought the lot of death in the name of a favor

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 281] Holz verderbend, σκωλήκιον, Arist. H. A. 5, 32.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ξῠλοφθόρος: ὁ, σκωλήκιόν τι φθεῖρον τὸ ξύλον, π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 32, 3.

Greek Monolingual

ξυλοφθόρος, ὁ, ἡ ξυλοφθόρος, τὸ (Α)
είδος σκουληκιού που καταστρέφει τα ξύλα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + -φθόρος (< φθείρω), πρβλ. λινο-φθόρος.