Ἀξυλία

lack of timber, want of timber

Translated by Jennifer Benedict22 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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[Meaning] the shortage of timbers.¹
But "in an axulos wood" means in a multi-timbered [one].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀξυλία· ἡ ἔνδεια τῶν ξύλων. Ἀξύλῳ δὲ ὕλῃ, ἀντὶ τοῦ πολυξύλῳ.

Betacode

*)aculi/a: h( e)/ndeia tw=n cu/lwn. *)acu/lw| de\ u(/lh|, a)nti\ tou= polucu/lw|.