ξύω

Word

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Word-form

ὀξύς

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

oxus

English translation (word)

sharp

Transliteration (Etymon)

xuō

English translation (etymon)

to scrape

Author

Eustathius of Thessalonica

Century

12 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 3, 254

Ed.

M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987

Quotation

ἐκ τοῦ ξύω δὲ ξύσω καὶ ξύς καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ο ὀξύς.

Translation (En)

And from xuō "to scrape" <comes> xusō, and by adjunction of [o], oxus "sharp".

Comment

Derivational etymology implying one formal manipulation. "Sharp" is etymologized as the result of the process of scraping.

Parallels

There is no parallel.

Modern etymology

Belongs with ἄκρος "highest", ἄκρις "summit". Probably an o-grade derivative of PIE *h2ek- "sharp", despite Beekes, skepticism

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has οξύ "acid", οξυγόνο "oxygen" and compounds in οξυ-

Entry By

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