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ξύω

ξύω, to scrape, plane, smooth

ξύω, Ep. impf. ξῦον Od. 22.456: aor. ἔξῡσα Il. 14.179, Hp. VC 14 (ἐγ-ξύσῃ [ῠ] is prob. f.l. for -ξέσῃ in E. Fr. 298 codd. Stob., and so διέξῠσεν for -έξεσεν in Nonn. D. 39.321):—Med., aor. ἐξῡσάμην X. Cyr. 6.2.32:—Pass., Sophr. 150: aor. ἐξύσθην Arist. HA 570a9, Thphr. CP 5.6.13: pf. ἔξυσμαι Gal. 13.544, (περι-) Hp. Mul. 2.192:—
  • scratch, scrape, λίστροισιν δάπεδον ξῦον they scraped the floor with rakes, Od. l.c.; scratch, prov. τὸν ξύοντα ἀντιξύειν ‘claw me, claw thee’, Sophr. 149; γέροντα κωνείῳ ξύοντα τὴν γῆν scratching a diagram on the earth, Call. Iamb. 1.122; τῷ δακτύλῳ [τὴν γῆν] Sch. Ar. Ach. 31; γράψαι τὸ ξῦσαι παρὰ τοῖς παλαιοῖς (i. e. in Hom., cf. γράφω I.1) D.T. 630.28: metaph., ξῦσαι ἀπὸ γῆρας ὀλοιόν scrape off, get rid of, sad old age, h.Ven. 224; πᾶσαν ᾐόνα ξύων scouring the whole coast, of a fisherman, Babr. 6.1; = ἐπιξύω, graze, of stars which touch the horizon but do not set, Euc. Phaen.Prooem. p.2H.:—Med., scratch oneself, ξυόμενοι ἥδονται Democr. 127; ξυόμενοι πρὸς τὰ δένδρα ἐκθλίβουσι τοὺς ὄρχεις Arist. HA 578b4, cf. Pr. 953b37; τὴν κεφαλὴν ξύστρᾳ ξ. Luc. Lex. 5:—Pass., τοῦ πηλοῦ ξυσθέντος being scraped up, Arist. HA 570a9; of land, to be eroded, scoured away, by water, ξυσθείσης καὶ ἀφανισθείσης γῆς POxy. 1911.193 (vi A. D.).
    • II shred, ξύων τὴν σάρκα [τοῦ χαραδριοῦ] ἐν οἴνῳ διδόναι πίνειν prob. in Hp. Int. 37; [τιθύμαλλον] ἐν οἴνῳ ξύοντα πίνειν Thphr. HP 9.11.2.
    • III shape by whittling, shaving, or planing, κώπας ib. 5.1.7:—Med., παλτὸν ξύσασθαι whittle oneself a javelin, X. l.c.
    • IV shear the nap of cloth, ἑανὸν ἕσαθʼ, ὅν οἱ Ἀθήνη ἔξυσʼ ἀσκήσασα Il. 14.179; cf. ξυστός 3, ξυστίς I.

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