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ξύλοχος

ξύλοχος, a thicket, copse

ξῠλοχ-ος, ἡ,
  • 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.

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