Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀποξύω (apoxuō) to scrape off ^G:V

ἀποξύω [ῡ],

future -ξύσω, ={ἀποξέω}, scrape off, τι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, φάρμακον[Refs 1st c.AD+]: absolutely, scrape oneself, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

__2 metaphorically, strip off as it were a skin, γῆρας ἀποξύσας θήσει νέον[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόρυζαν ἀποξύσας (probably falsa lectio for{ἀπομύξας}) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὸ ἐρυθριᾶν ἀ. τοῦ προσώπου variant in [Refs]: so in passive, ἀπέξυσται τὴν αἰδῶ τοῦ προσώπου[Refs 4th c.AD+]:—middle, scrape off, φάρμακον[Refs 1st c.AD+]