ἀποξύω
From LSJ
ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], fut. -ξύσω,
A = ἀποξέω, scrape off, τι Thphr.HP9.4.4; τὸν καττίτερον IG7.303.15 (Oropus), cf. Dsc.5.79:—Med., φάρμακον D.Chr.32.44: abs., scrape oneself, Plin.HN34.62. 2 metaph., strip off as it were a skin, γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσει νέον Il.9.446, cf. Nosti Fr.6; κόρυζαν ἀποξύσας (prob. f.l. for ἀπομύξας) Luc.Nav.45; τὸ ἐρυθριᾶν ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου v.l. in Id.Vit.Auct.10: so in Pass., ἀπέξυσται τὴν αἰδῶ τοῦ προσώπου Alciphr.3.40:—Med., scrape off, φάρμακον D.Chr.32.44.
