ἐγξέω
From LSJ
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
scratch, scrape, E.Fr.298 (cj. Heath for ἐγξύσαι).
Spanish (DGE)
arañar, raspar c. dat. instrum. ἐάν τις ἐγξέσῃ θάμνοις ἑλείοις E.Fr.298 (cj.), μετὰ χαλκοῦ κονδύλου τοῖς πίναξι τῶν ζωγράφων ἐγξέειν καὶ γράφειν Sch.Od.3.438.
German (Pape)
[Seite 712] (s. ξέω) = ἐγξύω, Eur. fr. Stob. fl. 90, 10, l. d.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐγξέω: и ἐγξύω (3 л. sing. aor. conjct. ἐγξέσῃ, v.l. ἐγξύσῃ) выскабливать, вырезать (θάμνοις ἐλείοις Eur.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐγξέω: μέλλ. -ξέσω, ἐγξύω, Εὐρ. Ἀποσπ. 300 (κοινῶς ἐγξῦσαι).
