ξηρός + ὕλη
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
ξύλον
Transliteration (Word)
xulon
Transliteration (Etymon)
xēros + hulē
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologicum (Excerpta e cod. Vat. gr. 1456) 156
Ed.
A.M. Micciarelli Collesi, "Nuovi `excerpta' dall' `etimologico' di Orione," Byzantion 40 (1970): 521-542
Quotation
Ξύλον: διὰ τὸ ξέεσθαι καὶ λεαίνεσθαι. ἢ διὰ τὸ ξηρὰν ὕλην εἶναι
ξύω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
ξύλον
Transliteration (Word)
xulon
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
xuō
Century
1 BC
Reference
fr. 555
Edition
C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976]: 93-387.
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, xi, p. 111
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
ξύλον· παρὰ τὸν ξύσω μέλλοντα· οὐδεμία γὰρ ὕλη πρὸς ξύσιν ἐπιτηδειοτέρα τοῦ ξύλου. οὕτω Φιλόξενος