ξῠρόν,τό,
A. razor,
E. El. 241 , Ar. Ec. 65 , Th. 219 , Nic. Al. 411 , Plu. Art. 29 , etc.: prov.,ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς . . , ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναιdeath or life is balanced on arazor'sedge, Il. 10.173 : freq. in later authors, to express a delicately balancedlikelihood of failure or success, ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα
Simon. 97
; ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα
Hdt. 6.11
; κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς
Thgn. 557
;
βεβὼς . . ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης
S. Ant. 996
;ἔβητ' ἐπὶ ξ.; E. HF 630 ; ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι
Theoc. 22.6
; ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι
Luc. JTr. 3