The Ancient Greek word for wood is
ξύλον
Translations for wood and their definitions
| ξύλον | |
| 1. n. (mostly in plural) cut wood, timber | |
| ἐπὶ δὲ ξύλα πολλὰ λέγεσθε, ὥς κεν παννύχιοι μέσφ’ ἠοῦς ἠριγενείης καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά - And furthermore gather abundant wood, that all night long until early dawn we may burn fires full many. | |
| 2. n. piece of wood, log, beam, post | |
| ἕστηκε ξύλον αὖον ὅσον τ’ ὄργυι’ ὑπὲρ αἴης - There standeth, a fathom's height above the ground, a dry stump. | |
| 3. n. cudgel, club, stick | |
| οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ αὐτῶν ξύλων κορύνας ἔχοντες ἑστᾶσι τοῦ ἱροῦ ἐν τῇ ἐσόδῳ - ... | |
| 4. n. an instrument of punishment: wooden collar, stocks, gallows, stake | |
| ποιέοντα δὲ αὐτὸν ταῦτα καὶ παραφρονήσαντα ἔδησαν οἱ προσήκοντες ἐν ξύλῳ - For doing this, and because he was out of his mind, his relative bound him in the stocks. | |
| 5. n. bench, table | |
| ἔστιν οὖν ὅστις ἂν τοῦ ξύλου καὶ τοῦ χωρίου καὶ τῶν γραμματείων τοσαύτην ὑπέμεινε φέρειν μίσθωσιν - Now, is there any man who would have submitted to the payment of so large a rental for the ta | |
| 6. n. tree | |
| τὸ δὲ παρὰ θάλατταν πλέον ἢ ἐπὶ εἴκοσι σταδίους δασὺ πολλοῖς καὶ παντοδαποῖς καὶ μεγάλοις ξύλοις - The land bordering the coast is thickly covered for more than twenty stadia with an abundance | |
| 7. n. blockhead | |
| 8. n. a measure of length: 3 or 2⅔ cubits |
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