ξυστάλλιον

ξυστάλλιον, τό, Dim. of ξῦστρον II,IG11(2).203B76(Delos, iii B.C.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `shave, smooth, scratch' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. ξῦσαι, pass. ξυσθῆναι, perf. pass. ἔξυσμαι.

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. ἀπο-. ἐπι-, κατα-, περι-.

Derivatives: Nomina actionis: 1. ξῦσις (ἀπό̃) f. `shaving, scratching, ulceration, erosion' (Hp., inscr.). 2. ξῦσμα ( ἀπό- ξύω) n. `filings, chip, lint etc.' (Hp., Arist.) with ξυσμά-τιον, - τώδης (medic.); - λιον n. `erosive plaster' (Cyran.). 3. ξυσμή f. `scratch' (Sophr.), pl. `scribbles' (AP, D. T.). 4. ξυσμός m. `itsching, irritation' (Hp.). 5. κατα-ξυή f. `smoothing' (Didyma II<sup>a</sup>). -- Nomina agentis and instrumenti: 6. ξυστήρ, - ῆρος ( περι- ξύω) m. `shaver, plane, rasp, file' (Hp., hell. inscr.) with ξυστ-ηρίδιον (Phryn.), - ήριος (Paul. Aeg.). 7. ξύστρα f. `plane, curry-comb' (Hp., hell. inscr. a. pap.). 8. ξῦστρον = - τήρ (Sparta II <sup>p</sup>), also `sickle, scythe on a wagon' (D.S.); from it ξυστρίον (pap.II^a Paul. Aeg.), - στρίς H. s. στελγίς (= στλεγγίς), - στρωτός `fluted, chamfered' (LXX, Hero), - στρόομαι `flute' (Mylasa). 9. περι-ξύσ-της m. name of a chirurgical instruments ( Hermes 38, 283). 10. ξυήλη (Dor. - άλη) f. `plane-iron' (X., H., Suid.). 11. ξυστάλλιον = ξῦστρον (Delos III<sup>a</sup>). -- Adj. ξυστικός `belonging to shaving etc' (medic. a.o.). -- On ξυστ-ίς, - όν, - ός and ξυρόν s. vv.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [585] * ks(n)eu- `shave, scratch'.

Etymology: The generalized Greek formal system has no direct agreement. An athematic lengthened present with nasal infix is found in Skt. kṣṇáuti `grind, whet, rub' with the zero grade ptc. pres. kṣṇuvāná-. The nasal infix was also introduced in non-pres. for ms, e.g. ptc. perf. kṣṇutá- (= Av. hu-xšnuta- `good sharpened'), verbal noun kṣṇótram n. `whetstone'. The high age of this n -infixes appears from Lat. novācula f. `razor' from * novāre \< * ksnovāre, a denominative or deverbative formation. One may further compare Lith. sku-t-ù, skù-s-ti `shave, plane etc.', if transformed from ksu-; s. Fraenkel s.v. -- Further forms with rich lit. in WP. 1, 450, Pok. 585, W.-Hofmann s. novā-cula, Mayrhofer s. kṣṇáuti. Cf. ξέω (and ξαίνω?).

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