ξῠρ-ήκης · xyr-ēkēs — LSJ
keen as a razor
keen as a razor, X. Cyn. 10.3.
II close-shaven, close
Pass., close-shaven, κάρα E. Ph. [372], El. 335 ; κουρᾷ ξυρήκει with close tonsure, Id. Alc. 427.
2
= sq., Ael.Dion. Fr. 265, cf. Phot., Suid.
The corpus record
ξῠρ-ήκης
xurekes
keen as a razor
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Where it lives
- Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
- On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- ξυρῆκες · xyrēkes Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 181)
- ξυρήκεις · xyrēkeis Xenophon, On Hunting 10.3 (DIORISIS sentence 426)
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.