- ξυστός
- ξυσ-τός, ή, όν, ([etym.] ξύω)A shaved, whittled with a knife or plane,
ἀκόντια Hdt.2.71
(nisi del. ἀκόντια) ;κάμαξ Ar.Fr.404
;βέλος Antiph.112
;δόρατα Arr.Tact.40.4
.2 scraped, shredded, grated,τυρός Antiph.113.18
; μοτός pledget of lint, Gal.14.795 ;ἰὸς ὁ ξ.
collected by scraping,Dsc.
5.79 ; μέτρον ξ. with the top raked off, not heaped up, PFay.84.7 (ii A. D.).3 trimmed, cropped with scissors,μαχαίρᾳ ξύστ' ἔχων τριχώματα Ephipp.14.6
.------------------------------------ξυσ-τός, ὁ (in fullAξυστὸς δρόμος Aristias 5
), also [full] ξυστόν, τό, BCH23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.), Inscr.Délos409A13 (ii B. C.):—walking-place in the grounds of a private residence, X.Oec.11.15 ; in a gymnasium, Plu.2.133d, OGI764.42 (Pergam.) ; name of a gymnasium at Elis containing trees and racing-tracks, Paus.6.23.1 ; open-air walks among trees and statuary, Vitr.5.11.5 ;τὰ τῶν ξ. ἄλση Philostr.VA8.26
.2 covered colonnade in a gymnasium, for winter exercise, Vitr. l.c., Inscr.Délos l.c.II meeting of athletes from various places to compete in sports,ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ σύμπαντος ξ. IG14.1102
, al., cf.5(1).669 ([place name] Sparta) ; opp. ξυστικὴ σύνοδος, Inscr.Olymp.436. (Expld. by Paus. l.c. as a clearing, from the action of Heracles in clearing out ([etym.] ἀναξύειν) the thorn-bushes from the ξ. at Elis ; perh. orig. 'raked (ground)'.)
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