ξυρόν

Ancient Greek

From ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”).

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

Second declension of τὸ ξῠρόν; τοῦ ξῠροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ξῠρόν tò xurón	τὼ ξῠρώ tṑ xurṓ	τᾰ̀ ξῠρᾰ́ tà xurá
Genitive	τοῦ ξῠροῦ toû xuroû	τοῖν ξῠροῖν toîn xuroîn	τῶν ξῠρῶν tôn xurôn
Dative	τῷ ξῠρῷ tôi xurôi	τοῖν ξῠροῖν toîn xuroîn	τοῖς ξῠροῖς toîs xuroîs
Accusative	τὸ ξῠρόν tò xurón	τὼ ξῠρώ tṑ xurṓ	τᾰ̀ ξῠρᾰ́ tà xurá
Vocative	ξῠρόν xurón	ξῠρώ xurṓ	ξῠρᾰ́ xurá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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