ξυρόν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s (razor), from *ksew- (to scrape, sharpen, shave). Exact cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás (dagger, razor); see also the verbal formation from the same root ξύω (xúō, to scrape).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ξῠρόν (xurónn (genitive ξῠροῦ); second declension

  1. razor

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ξυρόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1038-9

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