ἀποξύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], fut. <b class="b3">-ξύσω</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἀποξέω]], [[scrape off]], τι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.4.4</span>; τὸν καττίτερον <span class="title">IG</span>7.303.15 (Oropus), cf. Dsc.5.79:—Med., φάρμακον <span class="bibl">D.Chr.32.44</span>: abs., [[scrape oneself]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>34.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[strip off]] as it were a skin, γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσει νέον <span class="bibl">Il.9.446</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nosti <span class="title">Fr.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">κόρυζαν ἀποξύσας</b> (prob. f.l. for [[ἀπομύξας]]) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐρυθριᾶν ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>10</span>: so in Pass., ἀπέξυσται τὴν αἰδῶ τοῦ προσώπου <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.40</span>:—Med., [[scrape off]], φάρμακον <span class="bibl">D.Chr.32.44</span>.</span>