ξῆναι

ξαίνω

scratch: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

ξαίνω

scratch: aor inf act

ξαίνω

scratch: aor imperat mid 2nd sg

ξαίνω

scratch: aor inf act

διαξαίνω, [tense] aor.

A

- έξᾱνα Gp.2.6.42

, but inf.

- ξῆναι Ar.Lys. 578

: [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass.

- εξαμμένος Gal.8.415

,

- εξασμένος Dsc.5.106

, Simp. in Cael.571.6, Paul.Aeg.3.61:—card, shred, Ar.Lys. 578;

ἐσθῆτας Str. 11.14.8

;

ἔριον Paul.Aeg.

l.c.;

νεῦρον εἰς ἶνας Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.52

, cf. Gal. l.c.;

ἔντερον Ruf.

ap. Orib.7.26.170; of flesh, Paul.Aeg.6.77,88:—[voice] Pass., of alum, Dsc. l.c., to be dispersed, broken up, Simp. l.c.

2 metaph., κόμην, of the wind, Hld.3.3;

δ. θάλασσαν πτερύγεσσι Opp.H.5.306

; as a punishment,

δ. τινά Ael.Fr. 131

:—[voice] Pass., ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐκτριβέντες διεξάνθησαν ib. 130.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `card, comb wool ', metaph.. `scratch, mangle, lacerate' (ξ 423, IA.).

Other forms:, fut. ξανῶ, aor. ξῆναι (late ξᾶναι), pass. ξανθῆναι, perf. midd. ἔξασμαι (hell. also ἔξαμμαι).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. κατα- and δια.

Derivatives: ξάντης m. `woolcarder' (Pl.) with ξαντική (sc. τέχνη) f. `the art of carding wool' (Pl.), f. ξάντριαι `woolcadsters' (tit. of a drama of A.); ξάσμα n. `carded wool' (S. Fr. 1073), also ξάμμα (H. s. πεῖκος), ἀναξασ-μός m. `lacerating' (midd.), ξάνσις f. `carding of wool,' (Gloss.), ξάνιον n. `comb for carding' (Poll., AB, H.), also = ἐπί-ξηνον (Poll.), prob. after κτένιον, but not with Specht Ursprung 239 as old formation; ξανάω (Nik.), - ῆσαι (S.Fr. 498) `(with carding) work hard', ἀποξανᾶν κακοπαθεῖν H.; cf. ὑφανάω: ὑφαίνω and similar cases in Schwyzer 700. -- Here prob. also ἐπίξηνον `chopping-block' with unclear formation (diff., hardly correct, s.v.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Technical expression of woolpreparation, prob. first after the related ὑφαίνω; to ξέω, ξύω (s. vv. and Schwyzer 714). Outside Greek there are no agreements; the comparison with Lat. sentis m. `thorn-bush' (since Persson Stud. 135) is quite hypothetical. After Haas Ling. Posn. 3,76ff. ξαίνω, ξέω, ξύω belong as `protoidg.' to NHG hauen a. cognates, like ὀξύς to ὠκύς etc. (?). The (root)form ξαν- is difficult to explain from IE.; so Pre-Greek? Note also the unexplained ἐπίξηνον.

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