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apoxyomenos.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˌpɑksiˈɑmənɑs/General-American/əˌpɒksiˈɒmənɒs/Received-Pronunciation
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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