- ἔξαστις
- ἔξαστις, -ιοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hem of something woven' (Samos IVa), pl. `threads coming out of something being woven', esp. `selvage of linen' (medic.).Other forms: ἔξεστις (Gal.)Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Uncertain. Acc. to J. Schmidt Kritik 89 n. 1 from *ἔξ-αν-στ-ις, verbal noun of ἐξανίστημι with apocope and loss of nasal as in Epid. ἀ-στάς = ἀν(α)-στάς. Boisacq considers connection with ἄττομαι `set the warp in the loom', ἄσμα `warp' etc. (s. Fraenkel IF 32, 121); so from *ἐξ-άττομαι or *ἐξ-άζομαι (exact meaning?).Page in Frisk: 1,528
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.