The corpus record

ξύρω

xuro

have oneself shaved

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What it meant — LSJ

have oneself shaved

collat. form for ξυρέω : impf. ἔξῡρον Luc. Pseudol. 27 : aor. part. ξύρας Hp. Morb. 3.1, Tz. H. 9.231 :—Med., have oneself shaved, ξύρεσθαι τὸν πώγωνα Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.198 ; τὰς κεφαλάς Plu. Isid. 2.352c (dub.l.) : aor. I, τὴν κ. ξυράμενος ib. Alex. fort. 336e, cf. Luc. Syr.D. 53, 55, Alciphr. 3.43.

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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