Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *ksuyō, from Proto-Indo-European *ksuyéti, from *ksew- (to scrape). Cognate with ξέω (xéō), ξαίνω (xaínō), Latin novācula, saucius, and many others.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

ξῡ́ω (xū́ō)

  1. to scrape, scratch
  2. to plane, smooth, polish
  3. to make smooth or fine, work finely or delicately
  4. to engrave

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