ὑλοτόμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(parox.), ον, (τέμνω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cutting]] or [[felling wood]], πελέκεις <span class="bibl">Il.23.114</span>; τέκτων <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Wi.</span>13.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. <b class="b3">ὑλοτόμος, ὁ,</b> [[woodcutter]], [[woodman]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.123</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>807</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>98</span> (anap.), <span class="title">IG</span>12.1084.5, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.3</span>, Gal.17(2).229, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">τὸ ὑλότομον</b> either [[a plant cut in the wood]] (cf. [[τέμνω]] 111), used as a charm; or = [[worm]] (cf. [[φερέοικος]]), supposed to be the cause of pain in teething ([[οὐλοτόμοιο]] may be the right reading), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>229</span>.</span>