pitcher ξέστ-ης, ου, ὁ, formed from Latin sextarius, a Roman measure nearly = 1 pint, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3498.54 (from Oropus), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 9.4.4, “A
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pitcher ξέστ-ης, ου, ὁ, formed from Latin sextarius, a Roman measure nearly = 1 pint, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3498.54 (from Oropus), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 9.4.4, “A
smooth ξεστός, ή, όν, (ξέω) hewn, shaved, planed, of timber or objects made of it, ξ. οὐδός, τράπεζα, ἐλάται, ἐφόλκαιον, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.33, 17.93, 12.172, 14.350; ἵπ
to dry ξηραίνω, future -ᾰνῶ[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 575 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐξήρἀνα [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.109, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.3.2, b
dryness ξηρ-ᾰσία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, desiccation, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.18, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 231.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 384a11
dried up/withered ξηρός, ά, όν, dry, opposed to ὑγρός, of a dried-up river, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.45; χειμάρρους ξηροὺς ὕδατος 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.2; ἠὴρ ξ. 5th
a knife-blade ξίφος [ῐ], Aeolic dialect σκίφος (which see), εος, τό, sword, ξ. μέγα, ὀξύ, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.194, 4.530, etc., compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pro
a stick ξῠλ-άριον [ᾰ], τό, diminutive of ξύλον, small piece of wood, twig, [[ LXX.1Ki.17.12, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.70, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.422 ] LXX+1st c.AD+]; log,
wooden ξῠλ-ῐνος, η, ον, of wood, wooden, τεῖχος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δόμος, οἰκίαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.49, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108,
a woodcutter ξῠλο-κόπος, ον, (κόπτω) hewing, felling wood, πέλεκυς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.36 (variant{ξυλοτόμος}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __b substantive
wood ξύλον [ῠ], τό (plural spelt ξύλεα [[ “Abh. Berl. Akad.” 1928(6).32 (Cos, 5th c.BC))] Refs 5th c.BC+], wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c
bearing wood ξῠλο-φορία, ἡ, wood-carrying, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 325 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __II wood-offering, [[ LXX.Neh.10.34(35). ] LXX]
a wood bearer ξῠλο-φόρος, ον, carrying wood, θεράποντες ξ. [[ Dosiades Historicus 1 ] Refs]: as substantive, wood-porter, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 172, 2nd c.AD: Aquila LXX.D
to board ξῠλ-όω, turn into wood:—passive, become wood, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.2.7: _metaphorically_, of persons suffering from tetanus, οἱονεὶ ξ.] Refs 4th c
a double-horse chariot συνωρ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, pair of horses (with or without a chariot or carriage, σ. χωρὶς δίφρου [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119b), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhes
to shave ξῠρ-έω, Trag. and Attic dialect (see. below); ξῠράω, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.180b, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.22 ] Refs 1st c.AD+] (also
shaving ξῠρ-ησις, εως, ἡ, shaving, [[ 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.413, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.352c(_plural_), 2nd c.AD: Ar
a razor ξῠρόν, τό, razor, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 241, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 65, “Th.” 219, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 411, 1st-2nd c.AD:
planed ξυσ-τός, ή, όν, (ξύω) shaved, whittled with a knife or plane, ἀκόντια [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.71 (nisi del. ἀκόντια) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάμαξ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus
to scrape ξύω, Epic dialect imperfect ξῦον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.456 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔξῡσα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.179, 5th c.BC: Hippocrate
the/this/who ὁ, ἡ, τό, is, when thus written, __A demonstrative Pronoun. __B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article. __C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative
which is Related to: εἰμί (sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.15, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.32 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ἠμί [[ “GDI” 4959a] Refs]; 2nd p
was, is, will be Related to: εἰμί (sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.15, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.32 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect ἠμί [[ “GDI” 4959a] Refs
Waw
a point ὀβελ-ίσκος, ὁ, diminutive of ὀβελός I, small spit, skewer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1007, “Nu.” 178, “V.” 354, “Av.” 388, 672, 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy text