The corpus record

ξύσ-τρα

xustra · ἡ

scraper

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Where it lives

Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

scraper

scraper used after bathing, Hp. Nat.Mul. 42, Diph. 52, PCair.Zen. 488.1 (iii B. C.), OGI 339.77 (Sestos, ii B. C.), PLond. 3.402ii 25 (ii B. C.), Agathin. ap. Orib. 10.7.2 : later word for στλεγγίς, acc. to Luc. Lex. 5, Hellad. ap. Phot. Bibl. p.533 B., Poll. 3.154, Phryn. 266.

= ὠτεγχύτης, Archig. ap. Gal. 12.620.

In the wild

ξύστρα · xystra Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7170)

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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