ΞΥΣΤΟΝἨΣΑΝ, ξυστονἠσαν
XYSTONĒSAN, xystonēsan
Sounds Like: ksoo-STOH-nee-san
Translations: they scraped, they smoothed, they polished
From the root: ΞΥΣΤΟΝἨΣΑΝ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active indicative third person plural form of a verb meaning 'to scrape', 'to smooth', or 'to polish'. It describes an action completed in the past by a group of people. It implies the removal of material from a surface to make it smooth or even.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 6:10
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΞΥΣΤΟΝἨΣΑΝ, appear in our texts.
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