LOGOI

The corpus record

ξο-ΐς

xois · ἡ

chisel, chisel

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What it meant — LSJ

chisel, chisel

chisel, IG 2(2).463.40, 11(2).199A 87 (Delos, iii B. C.), Supp.Epigr. 4.447.40 (Didyma, ii B. C.), etc. ; ξ. χαρακτή toothed chisel, IG 7.3073.104 (Lebad.) ; ξ. ἀρτίστομος (q.v.), ib. 148 ; ξ. ἡμιτριβής Inscr.Délos 507 ; ποιμενικῆς αὐτομαθοῦς ξ. APl. 16.86.

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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