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παρα-ξύω

paraxuo

graze the edge of

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What it meant

παρα-ξύω · para-xyō — LSJ

graze the edge of

= παραξέω I.1, παραξύοντες ἐγγύθεν ἔπαιον prob. in J. BJ 3.10.9 ; πέλαγος π. τὴν Συρίαν Anon. Geog.Comp. 50, cf. Procop. Aed. 2.6 ; π. κανόνα AP 6.65 (Paul.Sil.): metaph., π. τὸν ἰδιώτην graze the edge of vulgarity, Longin. 31.2.

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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