ξύλωσις
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A wood-work of a building, ἡ ξ. τῶν οἰκιῶν Th.2.14 ; στοιῆς Milet.3.32 (iii B.C.), J.AJ3.6.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 282] ἡ, der hölzerne Theil des Hauses, das Balkenwerk, τῶν οἰκιῶν καθαιροῦντες τὴν ξύλωσιν, Thuc. 2, 14, vgl. 4, 48.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξύλωσις: ἡ, τὸ ξύλινον μέρος τῆς οἰκίας, ὁ ἐκ ξύλων σκελετὸς αὐτῆς, ἡ ξυλικὴ αὐτῆς, ἡ ξ. τῶν οἰκιῶν Θουκ. 2. 14, πρβλ. Ἰωσήπου Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 3. 6, 5. ΙΙ. ἡ εἰς ξύλον μεταβολή, Ἰω. Δαμασκ. ἐν Ἑλλ. Πατρολ. Mig. τ. 95, σ. 413.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
construction en bois, boiserie, charpente.
Étymologie: ξύλον.
Greek Monotonic
ξύλωσις: ἡ, ξύλινο μέρος σπιτιού, ο ξύλινος σκελετός του, σε Θουκ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ξύλωσις: εως (ῠ) ἡ деревянная конструкция, деревянные части, сруб (τῶν οἰκιῶν Thuc.).
Middle Liddell
[from ξῠλόω]
the woodwork of a house, frame-work, Thuc.
