ξῠήλη · xyēlē — LSJ
whittle, curved knife
whittle, curved knife used in shaping a javelin, X. Cyr. 6.2.32 ; ξ. Λακωνική, as a weapon, Id. An. 4.7.16, cf. 4.8.25.
The corpus record
ξῠήλη
xuele · ἡ
whittle, curved knife
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Where it lives
- Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ξυήλην · xyēlēn Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.16 (DIORISIS sentence 1937)
- ξυήλῃ · xyēlēi Xenophon, Anabasis 4.8.25 (DIORISIS sentence 2030)
- ξυήλης · xyēlēs Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.32 (DIORISIS sentence 3254)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.