ὑλοτόμος

• cutting or felling wood, πελέκεις Il. 23.114; τέκτων LXX Wi. 13.11.
• • II Subst. ὑλοτόμος, ὁ, woodcutter, woodman, Il. 23.123, Hes. Op. 807, S. El. 98 (anap.), IG 1(2).1084.5, Thphr. HP 3.9.3, Gal. 17(2).229, etc.
  • III τὸ ὑλότομον either a plant cut in the wood (cf. τέμνω III), used as a charm; or = worm (cf. φερέοικος), supposed to be the cause of pain in teething (οὐλοτόμοιο may be the right reading), h.Cer. 229.

[ὕλη + τομ-, τάμνω.]

• • 1

    Fitted for cutting or felling wood : πελέκεας Il. 23.114.

  • 2

    As sb., a wood-cutter Il. 23.123.

• cutting or felling wood, Il.:— as Subst. ὑλοτόμος, a wood-cutter, woodman, Il., Soph.