apoxyomenos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

/əˌpɑksiˈɑmənɑs/ /əˌpɒksiˈɒmənɒs/

Word forms

apoxyomenos apoxyomenoi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀποξυόμενος (apoxuómenos), present mediopassive participle of ἀποξύω (apoxúō, “to scrape off”).

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