ξύλοχος
COMPOUND: ξύλοχος, ου, ἡ
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+N]
MEANING: ‘thicket, copse, lair’
ETIMOLOGY: noun stem- ξύ(λο)- (ξύλον) ‘wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber’ + (λό)χος ‘ambush, i.e. place for lying in wait‘
OCCURRENCE: Il. V, 162; XI, 415; XXI, 573; Od. IV, 335; XVII, 126; XIX, 445.
CASE: gen. f. sg., dat. sg., acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (left-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (complement-N) – tatpuruṣa (N-governing)
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