Ξυλεία

timber-felling

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝18 Feb 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words
[Meaning] the gathering of shipbuilding timbers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξυλεία· ἡ τῶν ξύλων τῶν ναυπηγησίμων συλλογή.

Betacode
*culei/a: h( tw=n cu/lwn tw=n nauphghsi/mwn sullogh/.

Notes

  1. Usage does not bear out the specificity of this gloss. Timber-felling for any purpose could be termed xulei/a; if the purpose was shipbuilding we are given extra information to that effect (so e.g. Polybius 3.42.3).

Neighbouring entries

ξ92Ξυλλαβεῖνto seize; to assistξ93Ξύλα κλίνειαbed-timbers, timbers for bedsξ94Ξυλείαtimber-fellingξ95Ξύλινοςwoodenξ96Ξύλον ἀγκύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόνcrooked wood never [grows] straight
Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Jun 2013
  1. more keywords — David Whitehead
  2. more keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
  3. supplied headword; added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝

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