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Headword:
Ξύει
Adler number: xi,90
Translated headword: scratches
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [He/she/it] marks/writes.[1] As in
Homer.[2] Hence also
ξύσματα ["scratchings"], markings/writings.[3]
Ξύει: γράφει. ὡς παρ' Ὁμήρῳ. ἔνθεν καὶ τὰ ξύσματα, γράμματα.
Notes:
Also in
Photius and other lexica.
[1] Present indicative, third person singular, of
ξύω ; evidently quoted from somewhere, and cf. in any event under
nu 615.
[2]
Homer,
Iliad 14.179 (
ἔξυσ' , of shearing the nap of cloth),
Odyssey 22.456 (
ξῦον , of raking the floor).
[3] Nominative/accusative plural of the cognate neuter noun; evidently quoted from somewhere.
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 17 February 2000@14:41:23.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (supplied headword translation) on 11 February 2002@14:02:31.
Catharine Roth (added note) on 11 February 2002@16:42:10.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 12 February 2002@02:45:17.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; betacoding and other cosmetics; raised status) on 11 September 2007@10:01:33.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 16 September 2007@11:19:54.
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