The corpus record

ξέσ-μα

xesma · τό

that which is smoothed

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Where it lives

Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant — LSJ

that which is smoothed, carved

that which is smoothed or carved: hence, = ξόανον, AP 9.328 (pl., Damostr.); v.l. for ξῦσμα in Dsc. 2.134.

II abrasion

abrasion, in pl., Jul. Caes. 309c.

III shavings, filings

pl., shavings, filings, M. Ant. 8.50, S.E. P. 1.129.

In the wild

ξέσματα · xesmata Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.50.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1363)

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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