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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. <b class="b3">ξεσθῆναι</b>, perf. midd. <b class="b3">ἔξεσμαι</b> (IA.), fut. <b class="b3">ξέσω</b> (Paul. Aeg.), perf. act. <b class="b3">ἔξεκα</b> (Choerob.), Vbaladj. <b class="b3">ξεστός</b> (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. <b class="b3">ξέσις</b> (<b class="b3">ἀπό-</b>) f. [[smoothing]], [[carving]] (Thphr., Delph. IVa); 2. <b class="b3">ξέσματα</b> pl. <b class="b2">carving, chips, carved objects</b> (M. Ant., AP ); 3. <b class="b3">ξεσμοῖς</b> dat. pl. H. as explanation of <b class="b3">σπαράγμασι</b>. 4. <b class="b3">ξόανον</b> 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 <b class="b3">ὄχανον</b> (: <b class="b3">ἔχω</b>), <b class="b3">πλόκανον</b> (: <b class="b3">πλέκω</b>) a.o. (Chantraine 198; not with Bq, WP. 1, 450 a.o. from <b class="b3">ξύω</b>; nor with Latte Glotta 32, 35 f. subst. adj.); dimin. <b class="b3">ξοάνιον</b> (Anaphe IIa). 5. <b class="b3">ξοΐς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. [[chisel]] (hell. inscr.) with <b class="b3">ξοΐδιον</b> (pap. IIIp) and <b class="b3">ξοΐτης</b> m. name of a profession (Isauria; Redard 36); prob. directly from <b class="b3">ξέω</b> after <b class="b3">κοπίς</b>, <b class="b3">δορίς</b> a.o. (cf. Chantraine 338); <b class="b3">ξοός ξυσμός</b>, <b class="b3">ὁλκός</b> H. 6. Of the prefixed forms: <b class="b3">διαξόος</b> m. [[sculptor]] (Delph. 341a), <b class="b3">ἀμφί-ξοος</b> (<b class="b3">-ους</b>) <b class="b2">smoothing round about</b> (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>, <b class="b3">ψήκτρια</b> H. (acc. to WP. 1, 450 a.o. rather to <b class="b3">ξύω</b>).<br />Origin: ??<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">ξύω</b> (and <b class="b3">ξαίνω</b>?) 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 <b class="b3">τρέω</b>) 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 <b class="b3">κεάζω</b> a. cogn. (s. v.) can as well be considered. -- Diff. suggestion in Schwyzer 269 and 329: <b class="b3">ξέω</b> 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??

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