"ξυρόν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ξυρόν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ksy.rón/, /ksyˈron/, /ksiˈron/, /ksy.rón/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ksyˈron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ksyˈron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ksyˈron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ksiˈron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*kes-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro||*ksu-ró-s|t=razor}} Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s (“razor”), {{cog|iir-pro|*kšurás|t=dagger, razor}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás (“dagger, razor”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ξῠροῦ|n|second|head=ξῠρόν}} ξῠρόν • (xŭrón) n (genitive ξῠροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ξῠρόν|οῦ}} Forms: ξῠρόν [canonical], xŭrón [romanization], ξῠροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ξῠρόν [nominative, singular], ξῠρώ [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ξῠρᾰ́ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ξῠροῦ [genitive, singular], ξῠροῖν [dual, genitive], ξῠρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ξῠρῷ [dative, singular], ξῠροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ξῠροῖς [dative, plural], τὸ ξῠρόν [accusative, singular], ξῠρώ [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ξῠρᾰ́ [accusative, plural], ξῠρόν [singular, vocative], ξῠρώ [dual, vocative], ξῠρᾰ́ [plural, vocative]
  1. razor Derived forms: ξυράφιον (xuráphion), ξυροδόκη (xurodókē), ξυροθήκη (xurothḗkē), ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς ... ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι (epì xuroû hístatai akmês ... ólethros ēè biônai) (english: death or life stands on a razor's edge)
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