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ξύλινον (xylinon)

ξύλινον is an Ancient Greek form of ξύλινος, meaning “wooden”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 52 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.75.4: οἱ δὲ Πλαταιῆς ὁρῶντες τὸ χῶμα αἰρόμενον, ξύλινον τεῖχος ξυνθέντες καὶ ἐπιστήσαντες τῷ ἑαυτῶν τείχει ᾗ προσεχοῦτο, ἐσῳκοδόμουν ἐς αὐτὸ πλίνθους ἐκ τῶν ἐγγὺς οἰκιῶν καθαιροῦντες.

Aesop, Fables 2: Ξύλινόν τις Ἑρμῆν κατασκευάσας, προσενεγκὼν ἐπώλει. Μηδενὸς δὲ ὠνητοῦ προσιόντος, ἐκκαλέσασθαί τινας βουλόμενος ἐβόα, …

Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume V 14.82.3: φράσσασθαι ξύλινόν τε λόχον κήρυκὰ τʼ ἐρυθρόν.

All forms of ξύλινος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.