ὕλη [ῡ], ἡ,
forest, woodland, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.155, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.316, NT.Jam.3.5, etc.; γῆν.. δασέαν ὕλῃ παντοίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.21; ἀπ᾽ ὕλης ἀγρίης ζώειν [prev. author] 1.203 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; ὕλα ἀεργός virgin forest, [[ Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (from Cyrene)] Refs]; τὰ δένδρα καὶ ὕλη fruit-trees and forest-trees, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.69 (compareδένδρον)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; not only of forest-trees, but also of copse, brushwood, undergrowth (compare ὕλημα), directly opposed to to timber-trees, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.1, “Oec.” 16.13, 17.12, “PSI” 6.577.8 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 386, 4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 291 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.88, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.7.10, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.48, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 6, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.1.12, 15.1.60, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 25, “Cat. Ma.” 21, “Comp. Cim.Luc.” 3, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 12, “Sacr.” 10, “Am.” 12, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 12.2, +others, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 3.69, 252, 16.91, 36.70, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II wood cut down, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.257 (cf. III)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; firewood, fuel, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.418, 23.50, 111, +others, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.234, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.164, 6.80 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; brushwood, [[ [prev. author] 7.36, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.75, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; timber, ὕ. ναυπηγησίμη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 705c; ναυπηγήσιμος καὶ οἰκοδομική 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.1, compare “IG” 42(1).102.50 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, twigs for birds' nests, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]