καταξαίνω,
future -ξᾰνῶ [[Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “Judges” 8.7 ] Refs]:—card, comb well, [[ καταξῆναι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] ] Refs 6th c.BC+] Comedy texts 245:—passive, [[ εἴρια κατεξασμένα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέτρα κατεξαμμένη hollowed out, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.71 (hence καταξάνωσι conjecture Dind. [prev\. author] 1.98). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 tear in pieces, rend in shreds, [[ πλόκους κόμης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1267; πολλοὺς αἱ σαὶ καταξανοῦσι.. χέρες 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 300; σάρκας Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum [same place]; κεφαλήν Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Agis” 2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so κ. τινὰ εἰς φοινικίδα pound him (by stoning) to red rags, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 320:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πέτροισι.. καταξανθεὶς θανεῖν crushed to atoms, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” 728; πρὶν κατεξάνθαι βολαῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1145; πέτραις καταξανθέντες ὀστέων ῥαφάς [prev\. author] “Supp.” 503; πυρὶ καταξανθέντας [prev\. author] “HF” 285; λύγου ξηρᾶς πληγαῖς -εξασμένης 3rd c.AD: Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__3 wear, waste away, [[ πνοαὶ.. τρίβῳ κατέξαινον ἄνθος Ἀργείων Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 197 (Lyric poetry); τὴν σάρκα Epicurus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 51; νόσοι κ. ὅλα δι᾽ ὅλων 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.432 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ κατεξάνθην πόνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 1030; δακρύοις [prev\. author] “Tr.” 509; κατέξανται δέμας [prev\. author] “Hipp.” 274 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπλα κατεξάνθαι were worn out by use, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.94; ἐν τοῖς ὀρύγμασι καταξαινόμενοι τὰ σώματα [prev\. author] 5.38 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].