xylon

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).

Noun

xylon (plural xyla)

  1. (historical) A unit of length in Ancient Greece.
    • 2020, Roger S. Bagnall, Alexander Jones, Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts, page 81:
      The xylon, in which naubia are measured. The royal (xylon) 9 comprises 3 cubits, 18 palms, 72 fingers; 10 the private (xylon) comprises 2⅔ cubits, 16 palms, 64 fingers, so that the surveyor's schoinion comprises 32 royal xyla, and 36 private (xyla).

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).

Noun

xylon n (genitive xylī); second declension

  1. cotton (plant)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative xylon xyla
Genitive xylī xylōrum
Dative xylō xylīs
Accusative xylon xyla
Ablative xylō xylīs
Vocative xylon xyla

References
  • “xylon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • xylon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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