I. Lat. sylva, a wood, forest, woodland, Hom., Hdt., etc.;
τὰ δένδρα
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καὶ ὕλη
fruit-trees and forest-trees, Thuc.: copse, brushwood,
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opp. to timber-trees, Xen.
II. wood cut down, firewood, fuel, Hom., etc.
III. like Lat. materia, stuff of which a thing is made, the raw material,
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wood, timber, Od., Hdt.
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-.2. in Philosophy, matter, Arist.
-.3. subject matter, id=Arist.