The corpus record

ξυστ-ήρ

xuster · ὁ

scraper, rasp, file

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What it meant

ξυστ-ήρ · xyst-ēr — LSJ

scraper, rasp, file, polishing instrument, graving tool

scraper, rasp, file, Hp. VC 14, Gal. 10.445 ; polishing instrument, = λίστρον, Sch.D Od. 22.455, Hsch. s.v. λίστρον ; graving tool, AP 6.205 (Leon.), Daimach. 4 J., Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.350e ; ξ. λεῖος Inscr.Délos 504 (iii B. C.) ; ξ. ἱερός IG 7.3498.11 (Oropus, iii/ii B. C.).

part of the external ear, Gal. 14.701.

III eye-salve

a kind of eye-salve, Aët. 7.115.

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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