bring to a point, make taper
Ancient Greek word, found 13 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 6.269: πείσματα καὶ σπεῖρα, καὶ ἀποξύνουσιν ἐρετμά.
Euripides, Cyclops 456: ὃν φασγάνῳ ’γὼ τῷδ’ ἀποξύνας ἄκρον,
Plutarch, Tiberius and Caius Gracchus Tiberius.2.4: … ᾶος, ὁ δὲ τραχὺς καὶ θυμοειδής, ὥστε καὶ παρὰ γνώμην ἐν τῷ λέγειν ἐκφερόμενον πολλάκις ὑπʼ ὀργῆς τήν τε φωνὴν ἀποξύνειν καὶ βλασφημεῖν καὶ συνταράττειν τὸν λόγον.