ξύλον
Alt. ξύ^λον, ου, τό,
Etym. perh. from ξύω
I. "wood" cut and ready for use, "firewood, timber", Hom.; ξύλα νήια ship- "timber", Hes.; ξ. ναυπηγήσιμα Thuc.
II. in sg. "a piece of wood, a post", Hom.: "a perch", Ar.: "a stick, cudgel, club", Hdt., Ar.
2. "a collar of wood", put on the neck of the prisoner, Ar.:—also "stocks", for the feet, Hdt., Ar.; cf. πεντεσύριγγος.
3. "a plank or beam" to which malefactors were bound, "the Cross", NTest.
4. "a money-changer's table", Dem.
5. πρῶτον ξύλον "the front bench" of the Athenian theatre, Ar.
III*. of live wood, "a tree", Xen.