ἄξυλος
From LSJ
ὑπόσχεσιν τὸ πρᾶγμα γενναίαν ἔχει → the affair holds a noble promise
English (LSJ)
ον,
A with no timber cut from it, ἄξυλος ὕλη an unthinned, i.e. thick, wood, Il.11.155 (ἀφ' ἧς οὐδεὶς ἐξυλίσατο Sch. Ven.ad loc.), wrongly expl. (as if ἀ- intens.) thick with trees, Corn.ND13. II without wood, Hdt.4.61,185, AP9.89 (Phil.); also, without a load of wood, Luc.Asin.32. III free from woody matter, of galbanum, Dsc.3.83, Damocr. ap. Gal.13.916.
