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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon).
Noun
xylon (plural xyla)
- (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
- cotton (plant)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
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.