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Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ὄξυλος, Ὀξύλος(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsOxulos
Meaning & History
Derived from the Greek adjective ὀξύς (oxys) meaning "sharp, keen, pointed" as well as "quick, swift".Other sources connect this name to Greek ὀξύα (oxya) meaning "beech tree" (Fagus sylvatica) and to Greek ἄξυλος ὕλη (axylos hyle), which signifies a forest that has been left untouched by man, since the adjective ἄξυλος (axylos) means "uncut wood, without wood" and the noun ὕλη (hyle) means "forest, woodland" as well as "timber, firewood".