ξυλοτρόφος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον, A producing timber, ὄρη Str.Chr.4.21.
German (Pape)
[Seite 281] Holz nährend, tragend, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξῠλοτρόφος: -ον, ὁ τρέφων ἢ παράγων ξύλα, μνημονεύεται ἐκ τοῦ Στράβ.
Greek Monolingual
-ο (Α ξυλοτρόφος, -ον)
νεοελλ.
(το ουδ. πληθ. ως ουσ.) τα ξυλοτρόφα και ορθότ. ξυλότροφα
εντομολ. τα ξυλοφάγο έντομα
αρχ.
αυτός που παράγει ξύλα («ξυλοτρόφα ὄρη», Στράβ,).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + -τρόφος (< τρέφω «παράγω»), πρβλ. λωτο-τρόφος].
