The corpus record

ξῠλ-ώδης

xulodes

woody, hard as wood

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

woody, hard as wood, of the nature of wood

woody, hard as wood, Hp. Vict. 2.65, Arist. Mete. 387a32, Thphr. HP 6.2.2 (Sup.), 7.9.3, Plu. Frig. 2.953d ; of the nature of wood, Corn. ND 19.

II of the colour of wood, brown

of the colour of wood, brown, Thphr. HP 7.3.2.

In the wild

ξυλῶδες · xylōdes Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1848)

Where it came from

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