ξυλεύς
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
έως, ὁ, A woodcutter, of a sacrificial attendant, SIG1021.31 (Olympia, i B. C.), Paus.5.13.2,5.15.10, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 280] ὁ, Holzsammler, Paus. 5, 13; bei Hesych. ὁ ξύλα παρέχων δοῦλος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ξῠλεύς: έως, ὁ, οἰκέτης παρέχων ξύλα εἰς τὰς θυσίαν, ἰδίως οἰκέτης τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ Διός, Παυσ. 5. 13, 2. - Καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ξυλεύς· τὰ ξύλα παρέχων δοῦλος».
Greek Monolingual
ξυλεύς, ὁ (Α)
1. ξυλοκόπος, αυτός που κόβει και συλλέγει ξύλα
2. δούλος του ναού του Διός ο οποίος έκοβε και συνέλεγε τα ξύλα που χρησιμοποιούσαν στις θυσίες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ξύλον + κατάλ. -εύς (πρβλ. καλαμ-εύς, κεραμ-εύς)].
