ὑλοτόμ-ος
(paroxytone), ον, (τέμνω) cutting or felling wood, πελέκεις [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.114; τέκτων LXX.Wis.13.11. ] LXX+8th c.BC+]
__II substantive ὑλοτόμος, ὁ, woodcutter, woodman, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.123, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 807, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 98 (_anapaest meter_), “IG” 12.1084.5, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).229, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III τὸ ὑλότομον either a plant cut in the wood [[compare (τέμνω 111)] Refs], used as a charm; or = worm (compare φερέοικος), supposed to be the cause of pain in teething (οὐλοτόμοιο may be the right reading), [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 229. ] Refs]