ξύρησις

εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain

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Full diacritics: ξῠρησις	Medium diacritics: ξύρησις	Low diacritics: ξύρησις	Capitals: ΞΥΡΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: xýrēsis	Transliteration B: xyrēsis	Transliteration C: ksyrisis	Beta Code: cu/rhsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

A shaving, Asclep. ap. Gal.12.413, Plu.2.352c(pl.), Archig. ap. Aët.6.28, Alex.Aphr.Pr.2.36 ; baldness, LXXIs.22.12.

[Seite 282] ἡ, das Scheeren, Abscheeren des Haares, Plut. de Is. et Os. 3.