ξυλεύω
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A cut wood, SIG685.82 (Crete, ii B. C.), IPE12.403 B (Chersonesus, iii/ii B. C.) :—Med., δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται = when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood, when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood, on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood, when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter, one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength, one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power Men.Mon.123, cf. Hsch. ; cf. ξυλλείομαι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξῠλεύω: κόπτω ἢ συλλέγω ξύλα, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. (προσθ.) 2561b. 81· οὕτως ἐν τῷ μέσ. τύπῳ, δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται Μένανδρ. ἐν Μονοστίχ. 123, πρβλ. Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
(Α ξυλεύω) ξύλον
(συν. το μέσ) ξυλεύομαι
κόβω και συλλέγω ξύλα, δενδροκοπώ («δρυός πεσούσης πᾱς ἀνήρ ξυλεύεται» — αυτός που χάνει τη δύναμη του γίνεται αντικείμενο εκμετάλλευσης από οποιονδήποτε
νεοελλ.
προμηθεύομαι ξύλα.
