;ἵπποιο κακὸν ξ.,of the Trojan horse, AP 9.152 ( Agath. ) : henceanything made of wood, as,
2. cudgel, club,
Hdt. 2.63 , 4.180 , Ar. Lys. 357 , PHal. 1.187
(iii B.C.); μετὰ ξύλων εἰσπηδῆσαι
PTeb. 304.10
(ii A.D.); ξύλοις συντρίψειν
Luc. Demon. 50
; of theclubof Heracles, Plu. Lyc. 30 .
3. an instrument of punishment,
a. wooden collar,put on the neck of the prisoner, ξύλῳ φιμοῦν τὸν αὐχένα
Ar. Nu. 592
; ἐς τετρημένον ξ. ἐγκαθαρμόσαι . . τὸν αὐχένα
Id. Lys. 680
; or,
b. stocks,in which the feet were confined, Hdt. 9.37 , 6.75 , Ar. Eq. 367 , D. 18.129 ; ξ. ἐφέλκειν
Polyzel. 3
; ἐν τῷ ξ. δεδέσθαι
Lys. 10.16
(v.ποδοκάκκη), cf. Act.Ap. 16.24 , OGI 483.181 (Pergam.,ii A.D.) : also in pl., ἔδησεν ἐν τοῖς ξ.
And. 1.45
.
c. πεντεσύριγγον ξύλον(v. sub voc.) was a combination of both, with holes for the neck, arms, and legs, Ar. Eq. 1049 .
d. gallows,
κρεμάσαι τινὰ ἐπὶ ξύλου
LXX De. 21.22
;ξ. δίδυμονib. Jo. 8.29 : prov.,ἐξ ἀξίου τοῦ ξύλου κἂν ἀπάγξασθαι,i.e. if one must be hanged, at least let it be on a noble tree, App.Prov. 2.67 , cf. Ar. Ra. 736 ; inNT,of thecross,
Act.Ap. 5.30 , 10.39 .
e. stakeon which criminals were impaled, Alex. 222.10 .
4. bench, table,esp.money-changer's table,
D. 45.33 .
5. πρῶτον ξύλονfrontbenchin the Athenian theatre, Ar. Ach. 25 , V. 90 , cf. Sch.adlocc. : henceοὑπὶ τῶν ξύλωνthe official who had to take care of theseats,
