ἀποξύω [ῡ],
future -ξύσω, ={ἀποξέω}, scrape off, τι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.4.4; τὸν καττίτερον “IG” 7.303.15 (from Oropus), compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.79] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, φάρμακον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.44] Refs 1st c.AD+]: absolutely, scrape oneself, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 34.62. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, strip off as it were a skin, γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσει νέον[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.446, cf. Nosti “fragment” 6] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόρυζαν ἀποξύσας (probably falsa lectio for{ἀπομύξας}) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 45] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἐρυθριᾶν ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου variant in [[ [prev. author] “Vit.Auct.” 10] Refs]: so in passive, ἀπέξυσται τὴν αἰδῶ τοῦ προσώπου[[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.40] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—middle, scrape off, φάρμακον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.44.] Refs 1st c.AD+]