Ξαίνω

I card, I comb

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝16 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] I spin, I break up, I heap.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξαίνω· νήθω, διαλύω, σωρεύω.

Betacode

*cai/nw: nh/qw, dialu/w, swreu/w.

Notes

Same or similar glossing, variously, in other lexica; references at Photius xi8 Theodoridis.
The headword verb usually refers to the preparation of wool for spinning but also has transferred, figurative uses: LSJ entry at web address 1. See also xi 15.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ξ15Ξαίνεινto flog[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to beat. Also [sc. attested is the middle voice] cai/nesqai, [meaning] to suffer. So he is saying: your hide will be beaten and broken; for tanners customarily beat hides with…

Neighbouring entries

ξ14ΞανῶI will grow weary ξ15Ξαίνεινto flog ξ16ΞαίνωI card, I comb ξ17Ξέναforeign, strange ξ18Ξεναγίαxenagia

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Jun 2013

18 Jun 2013adjustments — David Whitehead
30 May 2007augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
29 May 2007added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
28 Dec 2001added headword translation and keywords — Catharine Roth
16 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝