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ξεστός

xestos

hewn, shaved, planed

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ξεστός · xestos — LSJ

hewn, shaved, planed, carved

hewn, shaved, planed, of timber or objects made of it, ξ. οὐδός, τράπεζα, ἐλάται, ἐφόλκαιον, Od. 18.33, 17.93, 12.172, 14.350 ; ἵππος 4.272 ; ὀϊστός Hes. Sc. 133 ; ἄκοντες B. 17.49 ; λόχος Ἀργείων, of the wooden horse, E. Tr. 534 (lyr.) ; carved, ξόανα prob. in Orac. ap. Phleg. Fr. 36.10J.

2 hewn, built of hewn stone

of stone, hewn, ἐπὶ ξεστοῖσι λίθοις Il. 18.504, cf. Od. 3.406 ; λίθου ξεστοῦ καὶ ζῴων ἐγγεγλυμμένων Hdt. 2.124 ; ἁρπάξαντες ἄγαλμʼ Ἀΐδα, ξ. πέτρον, ἔμβαλον στέρνῳ Πολυδεύκεος Pi. N. 10.67 ; of buildings, built of hewn stone, ξ. αἴθουσαι Il. 6.243 ; ξ. ἀγυιαί E. HF 782 (lyr.); ξ. τύμβος, τάφος, Id. Alc. 836, Hel. 986 ; τοῖχος LXX Si. 22.17, J. AJ 15.11.5.

3 polished, smooth

of horn, polished, Od. 19.566 ; of an elephantʼs ears, smooth, Opp. C. 2.520.

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