apoxyomenos
Meanings
noun
- A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀποξυόμενος (apoxuómenos), present mediopassive participle of ἀποξύω (apoxúō, “to scrape off”).
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