ἀπό-ξυρος

Grammatical information: n. (- ός m.)

Meaning: `razor' (K 173).

Compounds: Rarely as 1. member, e.g. ξυρο-δόκη f. `razor-case' (Ar.); as 2. member with metr. conditioned enlargement in ὑπο-ξύριος (AP 6, 307; verse-end), prop. "what is under the ξ.", i.e. `on what a razor is wheted'. Also as backformation in ὑπό-ξυρος `a little (or below) shaved off', of the nose of an eagle etc. (Hp.), ἀπό-ξυρος `shaved off, steep', of a rock (Peripl. M. Rubr., Luc.), κατά-ξυρος adjunct of θυρίδες ('loop-holes'; Ph. Bel.), of ὑπο-, ἀπο-, κατα-ξυράω, - έω (s.b.).

Derivatives: 1. Deminut.: ξύρ-ιον (hell.), - άφιον (Gal., Sch.). 2. ξυρίας m. `provided with a tonsure, clean-shaven man' (Poll., H.). 3. ξυρίς, - ίδος f. s.v. ξιρίς. 4. Denominative verbs: a. ξυρέω (Hdt., τrag. a. Att.), ξυράω, - άομαι (Hdt., Plu.), ξύρω. - ομαι, aor. ξῦραι, - ασθαι (Hp., hell.), also with prefix, e.g. ἀπο-, ὑπο-, κατα-, `shave clean' with ξύρησις f. `shaving' (LXX), - ήσιμος `good for shaving' (Ael. Dion.), ξυρησμός m. `id.' (Hdn.), ξυρητής m. `barber' (pap.) ; b. ξυρίζω = - έω (Sch.) with ξύρισμα n. `shaving' (Tz.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [586] * ksuro- `razor'

Etymology: Old inherited word identical with Skt. kṣurá- m. `razor', IE *ksuró- (on the original meaning Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 61 w. lit.). Because of the limited spread of the word Specht KZ 66, 9ff. and Lexis 3, 70 wants to see in kṣurá- = ξυρόν a common LW [loanword] from an unknown south-eastern source. Wellargued objections by Thieme Die Heimat d. idg. Gemeinspr. 49 f., Fraenkel Glotta 32, 24 f. w. n. 3, Dehò Ist. Lomb. 91, 349 f. -- For further connections s. ξύω.

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