Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xsyrón/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksyrón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiɾón/

Noun

ξῠρόν • ‎(xurón) n ‎(genitive ξυροῦ); second declension

1. razor

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς ... ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι ‎(epì xuroû hístatai akmês ... ólethros ēè biônai, “death or life stands on a razor's edge”)

References

• ξυρόν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξυρόν in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ξυρόν in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ξυρόν» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ξυρόν» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• LSJ 8th edition