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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[shave]], [[carve]], [[smooth]], [[polish]].<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ξέσ(σ)αι</b> (Il.), pass. [[ξεσθῆναι]], perf. midd. [[ἔξεσμαι]] (IA.), fut. [[ξέσω]] (Paul. Aeg.), perf. act. [[ἔξεκα]] (Choerob.), Vbaladj. [[ξεστός]] (Il.; Ammann <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 16).<br />Compounds: Also with prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">παρα-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>.<br />Derivatives: 1. [[ξέσις]] (<b class="b3">ἀπό-</b>) f. [[smoothing]], [[carving]] (Thphr., Delph. IVa); 2. [[ξέσματα]] pl. [[carving]], [[chips]], [[carved objects]] (M. Ant., AP ); 3. [[ξεσμοῖς]] dat. pl. H. as explanation of [[σπαράγμασι]]. 4. [[ξόανον]] n. <b class="b2">(carved) image og (a) god</b> (S., E., X.), name of a (carved?) musical instrument (S. Fr. 238); <b class="b3">ξοάνων προθύρων ἐξεσμένων</b> H.; formation like [[ὄχανον]] (: [[ἔχω]]), [[πλόκανον]] (: [[πλέκω]]) a.o. (Chantraine 198; not with Bq, WP. 1, 450 a.o. from [[ξύω]]; nor with Latte Glotta 32, 35 f. subst. adj.); dimin. [[ξοάνιον]] (Anaphe IIa). 5. [[ξοΐς]], <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[chisel]] (hell. inscr.) with [[ξοΐδιον]] (pap. IIIp) and [[ξοΐτης]] m. name of a profession (Isauria; Redard 36); prob. directly from [[ξέω]] after [[κοπίς]], [[δορίς]] a.o. (cf. Chantraine 338); <b class="b3">ξοός ξυσμός</b>, [[ὁλκός]] H. 6. Of the prefixed forms: [[διαξόος]] m. [[sculptor]] (Delph. 341a), <b class="b3">ἀμφί-ξοος</b> (<b class="b3">-ους</b>) [[smoothing round about]] (AP); <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">κατα-</b>, <b class="b3">παρα-ξοή</b>, <b class="b3">-ά</b> <b class="b2">carving, smoothing etc.</b> (inscr.). -- On itself stand with lengthened grade <b class="b3">ξώστρα ψηκτρίς</b>, [[ψήκτρια]] H. (acc. to WP. 1, 450 a.o. rather to [[ξύω]]).<br />Origin: ??<br />Etymology: With [[ξύω]] (and [[ξαίνω]]?) cognate (s. vv.); without close agreement outside Greek. The stem <b class="b3">ξεσ-</b>, reconstructed from <b class="b3">ξεσ-τός</b>, <b class="b3">ξέσ-(σ)αι</b> a.o., which is at the basis of all forms cited above, is after traditional interpretation to be analysed as <b class="b3">ξ-εσ-</b>(= <b class="b2">ks-es-</b>) and to be interpreted as zero grade with <b class="b3">εσ-</b>enlargement (cf. on [[τρέω]]) of the IE root <b class="b2">*kes-</b> in OCS <b class="b2">čes-ati</b> [[comb]] a.o. (s. <b class="b3">κέσ-κεον</b>) [[scratch]], [[comb]] (e.g. Brugmann Grundr.2 II: 3, 343 with Persson Stud. 88); connection with [[κεάζω]] a. cogn. (s. v.) can as well be considered. -- Diff. suggestion in Schwyzer 269 and 329: [[ξέω]] metathesized from <b class="b2">*kes-ō</b> (= OCS <b class="b2">čes-</b>)? Mann Lang. 28,40 compares Alb. [[shesh]] [[raze]], [[level]], supposedly from <b class="b2">*ksesi̯ō</b>. Zie by keskeon!!! Waarom dan niet kses-keon??