ξύλον

Etymology
Seemingly from a, which is traditionally derived from or from , and compared with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. However, Beekes is skeptical of ultimate Indo-European origin, and suspects the Greek, Balto-Slavic, and Germanic terms are borrowed from a common source. See also,.

Noun

 * 1)  cut wood, timber
 * 2) piece of wood, log, beam, post
 * 3) cudgel, club, stick
 * 4) an instrument of punishment: wooden collar, stocks, gallows, stake
 * 5) bench, table
 * 6) tree
 * 7) blockhead
 * 8) a measure of length: 3 or $2 2/3$ cubits
 * 1) bench, table
 * 2) tree
 * 3) blockhead
 * 4) a measure of length: 3 or ⇭⇭⇭ cubits
 * 1) blockhead
 * 2) a measure of length: 3 or ⇭⇭⇭ cubits
 * 1) a measure of length: 3 or ⇭⇭⇭ cubits
 * 1) a measure of length: 3 or ⇭⇭⇭ cubits
 * 1) a measure of length: 3 or ⇭⇭⇭ cubits

Declension
Other attested forms: plural (inscription in Kos)