once in Hom., ξ. αὖον ..ἢ δρυὸς ἢ πεύκησIl.23.327; ξ. σύκινον
spoon made of
fig
wood,
Pl.Hp.Ma.291c;
peg
or
lever,
Arist.MA701b9;
perch,
ἐπὶ ξύλου καθεύδεινAr.Nu.1431: by poet. periphr., Ἀργοῦς ξύλονA.Fr.20; ἵπποιο κακὸν ξ., of the Trojan horse, AP9.152 (Agath.): hence anything made of wood, as, 2.
cudgel, club,
Hdt.2.63,4.180, Ar.Lys.357, PHal.1.187 (iii B.C.); μετὰ ξύλων εἰσπηδῆσαιPTeb.304.10(ii A.D.); ξύλοις συντρίψεινLuc.Demon.50; of the
club
of Heracles, Plu.Lyc.30. 3.
an instrument of punishment,
a.
wooden collar,
put on the neck of the prisoner, ξύλῳ φιμοῦν τὸν αὐχέναAr.Nu.592; ἐς τετρημένον ξ. ἐγκαθαρμόσαι ..τὸν αὐχέναId.Lys.680; or, b.
stocks,
in which the feet were confined, Hdt.9.37, 6.75, Ar.Eq.367, D.18.129; ξ. ἐφέλκεινPolyzel.3; ἐν τῷ ξ. δεδέσθαιLys.10.16 (v. ποδοκάκκη), cf. Act.Ap.16.24, OGI483.181 (Pergam., ii A.D.): also in pl., ἔδησεν ἐν τοῖς ξ.And.1.45. c.πεντεσύριγγον ξύλον (v. sub voc.) was a combination of both, with holes for the neck, arms, and legs, Ar.Eq.1049. d.
gallows,
κρεμάσαι τινὰ ἐπὶ ξύλουLXXDe.21.22; ξ. δίδυμον ib.Jo.8.29: prov., ἐξ ἀξίου τοῦ ξύλου κἂν ἀπάγξασθαι, i.e. if one must be hanged, at least let it be on a noble tree, App.Prov.2.67, cf. Ar.Ra.736; in
NT,
of the
cross,
Act.Ap.5.30,10.39. e.
stake
on which criminals were impaled, Alex.222.10. 4.
bench, table,
esp.
money-changer's table,
D.45.33. 5.πρῶτον ξύλον front
bench
in the Athenian theatre, Ar.Ach.25, V.90, cf. Sch.adlocc.: hence οὑπὶ τῶν ξύλων the official who had to take care of the
seats,
Hermipp.9 (according to Meineke). 6. the Hippocratic