ξύω

ξύω, [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

A

ξῦον Od.22.456

: [tense] aor.

ἔξῡσα Il.14.179

, Hp.VC14 (ἐγ-ξύσῃ [pron. full] [ῠ] is prob. f.l. for -ξέσῃ in E.Fr.298 codd. Stob., and so διέξῠσεν for -έξεσεν in Nonn.D.39.321) :—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐξῡσάμην X.Cyr. 6.2.32

:—[voice] Pass., Sophr.150 : [tense] aor.

ἐξύσθην Arist.HA570a9

, Thphr. CP5.6.13 : [tense] pf.

ἔξυσμαι Gal. 13.544

, ([etym.] 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. :—[voice] Med., scratch oneself,

ξυόμενοι ἥδονται Democr.127

;

ξυόμενοι πρὸς τὰ δένδρα ἐκθλίβουσι τοὺς ὄρχεις Arist.HA578b4

, cf.Pr.953b37 ;

τὴν κεφαλὴν ξύστρᾳ ξ. Luc. Lex.5

:—[voice] Pass.,

τοῦ πηλοῦ ξυσθέντος

being scraped up,

Arist.HA570a9

; of land, to beeroded, 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.HP9.11.2

.

III shape by whittling, shaving, or planing, κώπας ib.5.1.7 :—[voice] Med., παλτὸν ξύσασθαι whittle oneself a javelin, X.l.c.

IV shear the nap of cloth,

ἑανὸν ἕσαθ', ὅν οἱ Ἀθήνη ἔξυσ' ἀσκήσασα Il.14.179

; cf.

ξυστός 3

,

ξυστίς 1

.