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κατα-ξύω

kataxuo

scrape down

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What it meant

κατα-ξύω · kata-xyō — LSJ

scrape down

scrape down, Hp. VC 19, Sor. 2.12, Gal. 10.132.

2 scratch, mark, inscribe

scratch, mark, Luc. Nigr. 27; γραφίδεσσι κ. inscribe, Hymn.Is. 11.

II polish, smooth, plane down

polish, smooth, plane down, Thphr. HP 3.15.2, D.S. 2.13:—Pass., σανὶς -εξυσμένη εἰς εὐθεῖαν τομήν Agatharch. 27; γλῶσσα -εξυσμένη ὑπὸ τέκτονος LXX Ep.Je. 8.

III to be eroded

Pass., of land, to be eroded, PTeb. 74.52 (ii B.C.), etc.

IV to be worried

Pass., to be worried, πράγματι POxy. 525.4 (ii A.D.); καταξύομαι μὴ ὁρῶν σε ib. 1676.24 (iii A.D.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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