ξυρόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[razor]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>241</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>65</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>219</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>411</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Art.</span>29</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς... ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι</b> death or life is balanced on a <b class="b2">razor's</b> edge, <span class="bibl">Il.10.173</span> : freq. in later authors, to express a delicately balanced like lihood of failure or success, ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα <span class="bibl">Simon.97</span> ; ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.11</span> ; κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς <span class="bibl">Thgn.557</span> ; βεβὼς… ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>996</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔβητ' ἐπὶ ξ</b>. ; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>630</span> ; ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.6</span> ; ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>3</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ξῠρόν·</span> <b class="b3">τομόν, ἰσχνόν, ὀξύ</b>, Hsch.