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A). razor, El. 241 , Ec. 65 , Th. 219 , Al. 411 , Art. 29 , etc.: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς .. , ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι death or life is balanced on a razor's edge, : freq. in later authors, to express a delicately balanced like lihood of failure or success, 10.173 ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα ; 97 ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα ; 6.11 κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς ; 557 βεβὼς .. ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης Ant. 996 ; ἔβητ’ ἐπὶ ξ. ; HF 630 ; ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι ; 22.6 ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι JTr. 3 .