διάξυλον

ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale

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Full diacritics: διάξῠλον	Medium diacritics: διάξυλον	Low diacritics: διάξυλον	Capitals: ΔΙΑΞΥΛΟΝ
Transliteration A: diáxylon	Transliteration B: diaxylon	Transliteration C: diaksylon	Beta Code: dia/culon

English (LSJ)

τό,
A cross-piece, Apollod.Poliorc.177.12.
II = ἀσπάλαθος 1, Dsc.1.20.

-ου, τό
1 travesaño Apollod.Poliorc.177.12.
2 bot. prob. aulaga o ginesta Dsc.1.20, Plin.HN 24.112.

διάξῠλον: τό, ξύλον σταυροειδῶς ἐπικείμενον, δοκός, Ἀπολλ. Πολιορκ. 34. 2) = ἀσπάλαθος, Διοσκ. 1, 19.

τό, Querholz, Sp.