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The corpus record

ξυσ-μή

xusme · ἡ

scratchings

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What it meant

ξυσ-μή · xys-mē — LSJ

scratchings

scratchings, i.e. critical marks in a Ms., AP 9.206 (Eupith.); γράμματα λέγεται διὰ τὸ γραμμαῖς καὶ ξυσμαῖς τυποῦσθαι D.T. 630.28 (v.l. -οῖς ap.Sch.).

II scab

scab, as a term of abuse, Sophr. 53.

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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