ἐπιξύω
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
A grate over, τυρὸν ἐπιξυσθέντα Pl.R.406a, cf. Arist.HA612b17; scrape the surface of the skull, Hp.VC14. 2. skim over, γαῖαν Arat.650. 3. Pass., to be carved, εἰκόνες λίθῳ Procop.Aed.1.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 967] (s. ξύω), darauf, darüber schaben, reiben, Arist. H. A. 9, 6; Schol. Ar. Th. 389 erkl. σμῆξαι, τὸ τὸν ῥύπον ἐπιξύσαι; pass., τυρὸν ἐπιξυσθέντα Plat. Rep. III, 405 e; Sp.; – γαῖαν, die Erde streifen, Arat. 650.
