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καταξαίνω

kataxaino

card, comb well

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Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 3 · 2.05/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

καταξαίνω · kataxainō — LSJ

card, comb well, hollowed out

card, comb well, καταξῆναι Pl. Com. 245:—Pass., εἴρια κατεξασμένα Hp. Ulc. 24; πέτρα κατεξαμμένη hollowed out, D.S. 17.71 (hence καταξάνωσι cj. Dind. Id. 1.98).

2 tear in pieces, rend in shreds, pound, crushed to atoms

tear in pieces, rend in shreds, πλόκους κόμης E. Ion 1267; πολλοὺς αἱ σαὶ καταξανοῦσι . . χέρες Lyc. 300; σάρκας LXX l.c.; κεφαλήν Plu. Agis 2; so κ. τινὰ εἰς φοινικίδα pound him (by stoning) to red rags, Ar. Ach. 320:—Pass., πέτροισι . . καταξανθεὶς θανεῖν crushed to atoms, S. Aj. 728; πρὶν κατεξάνθαι βολαῖς E. Ph. 1145; πέτραις καταξανθέντες ὀστέων ῥαφάς Id. Supp. 503; πυρὶ καταξανθέντας Id. HF 285; λύγου ξηρᾶς πληγαῖς -εξασμένης Longus 2.1.

3 wear, waste away, were worn out by use

wear, waste away, πνοαὶ . . τρίβῳ κατέξαινον ἄνθος Ἀργείων A. Ag. 197 (lyr.); τὴν σάρκα Epicur. Sent.Vat. 51; νόσοι κ. ὅλα διʼ ὅλων Ph. 2.432:—Pass., κατεξάνθην πόνοις E. Med. 1030; δακρύοις Id. Tr. 509; κατέξανται δέμας Id. Hipp. 274; ὅπλα κατεξάνθαι were worn out by use, D.S. 17.94; ἐν τοῖς ὀρύγμασι καταξαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα Id. 5.38.

In the wild

κατέξαινον · katexainon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 192–197
καταξαίνειν · kataxainein Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 236)
καταξανθέντας · kataxanthentas Euripides, Heracles 284–286
καταξήνωσι · kataxēnōsi Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 804)
κατεξάνθαι · katexanthai Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos.1145 (DIORISIS sentence 671)
καταξανθέντες · kataxanthentes Euripides, Suppliants *kh=ruc.500 (DIORISIS sentence 281)

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