προξυράω
From LSJ
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
English (LSJ)
A shave beforehand, Heraclid.Tar. ap. Gal.12.402, Crito ib.484, Alex.Trall.1.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 737] vorher scheeren, προεξυρημένοι τὰς καρδίας, Luc. Alex. 15, l. d.