ξυλεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[cut wood]], <span class="title">SIG</span>685.82 (Crete, ii B. C.), <span class="title">IPE</span>12.403 <span class="title">B</span> (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]] <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>123</span>, cf. Hsch. ; cf. [[ξυλλείομαι]].</span>