xystus

From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “xystus”), from ξυστός (xustós, “scraped”), from ξύω (xúō, “scrape”), referring to its polished floor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪstəs/

xystus (plural xysti)

1. (in Ancient Greece) A long and open portico within the gymnasium.

• Xystus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• xystus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “xystus”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tus/, [ˈksʏs.tʊs]

xystus m (genitive xystī); second declension

1. covered portico or gallery (or one planted with trees)

Second declension.

• xystus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• xystus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• xystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• xystus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• xystus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• xystus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin