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ξυ?́λ-ι^νος , η, ον,
A.of wood, wooden, “τεῖχος” Pi.P.3.38 ; δόμος, οἰκίαι, B.3.49, Hdt.4.108, etc. ; ὁ ξ. καρπός produce of trees, i. e. fruit, wine, or oil, opp. ξηρός (q.v.), Pl.Criti. 115b, cf. OGI55.13 (Telmessus, iii B. C.), Str.15.1.20 : pl., ξ. καρποί, opp. σιτικοί, Id.5.4.2, cf. D.S.3.63, Ath.3.78d ; opp. ὁ Δημήτριος, IG22.2492.19 ; ξύλιναι ὦναι, opp. σιτηραί, SIG2554.17 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.) ; τομὰ ἁ ξυλίνα cutting of timber, IG42(1).76.9 (Epid., ii B. C.).
2. metaph., wooden, “νοῦς” AP11.275 (Apollon. Gramm.), cf. 255 (Pall.).
3. ξύλινον, τό, writing-tablet, “ξ. πύξινον” PGrenf. 1.14.12 (ii B. C.).
II. of cotton, LXX Si.22.16, Plin.HN 19.14.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Bacchylides, Epinicians, 3.49
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.108
    • Plato, Critias, 115b
    • Strabo, Geography, 15.1.20
    • Strabo, Geography, 5.4.2
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus, 22.16
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.14
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 3.63
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