ξυλήφιον
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of ξύλον,
A piece of wood, stick, Hp.Steril.230, Alex.98.24, Plb.6.34.9, D.S.4.76 :—misspelt ξυλίφιον D.S.l.c. (v.l.), Thom.Mag.p.253 R. ; ξυλύφιον v.l. in Suid. s.vv. Διοκλῆς, ὀξύβαφον ; ξυλήριον EM611.23.
