The corpus record

ξύλοχος

xulochos · ἡ

thicket, copse

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Where it lives

Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

thicket, copse, lair

thicket, copse, ξύλοχον κάτα βοσκομενάων Il. 5.162 ; βαθείης ἐκ ξυλόχοιο 11.415, 21.573 ; ἐν ξυλόχῳ . . λέοντος in his lair, Od. 4.335, cf. 19.445 ; κραναῇ κείμεθʼ ἐνὶ ξ. AP 7.445 (Pers.) : also in late Prose, Palaeph. 14 : pl., Stud.Pont. 3.16 (Amisus, ii/i B.C.), Coluth. 42, Anacreont. 29.5.

In the wild

ξυλόχοιο · xylochoio Iliad 11.415
ξυλόχοιο · xylochoio Iliad 21.573
ξύλοχον · xylochon Iliad 5.162
ξυλόχῳ · xylochōi Odyssey 17.126
ξυλόχοιο · xylochoio Odyssey 19.445
ξυλόχῳ · xylochōi Odyssey 4.335

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ξύλοχος (scan p. 1089; entry #4405).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ξύλοχος (scan p. 784; entry #5733).

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