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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>xystus</b>: i, m., or [[xystum]], i, n., = [[ξυστός]] or [[ξυστόν]].<br /><b>I</b> Among the Greeks, a [[covered]] [[portico]] or [[gallery]], [[where]] the athletes exercised in [[winter]], Vitr. 5, 11, 4; 6, 10, 5; Tert. Apol. 38.—<br /><b>II</b> Among the Romans, an [[open]] [[colonnade]] or [[portico]], or a [[walk]] planted [[with]] trees, etc., for [[recreation]], [[conversation]], [[philosophic]] [[discussion]], etc., Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. Brut. 3, 10; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; Sen. Ira. 3, 18, 3; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 17; 5, 6, 19; 9, 7, 4; 9, 36, 3; Suet. Aug. 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 18.
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{{Georges
|georg=xystus, ī, m. ([[ξυστός]]), I) [[bei]] den Griechen, der bedeckte [[Säulengang]] [[für]] die Übungen der Athleten zur [[Zeit]] [[des]] Winters, Tert. apol. 38. – II) ([[auch]] [[xystum]], ī, n.) [[bei]] den Römern, die freie Promenade [[oder]] [[Terrasse]] in einem [[Garten]], [[umgeben]] [[von]] [[mit]] [[Buchsbaum]] eingefaßten Blumenbeeten, Cic. Acad. 2, 9; ad Att. 1, 8, 2. Sen. de [[ira]] 3, 18, 4. Plin. ep. 2, 17, 17. Suet. Aug. 72, 3. Phaedr. 2, 5, 18. – [[mit]] [[Anspielung]] [[auf]] no. I: [[palaestrice]] spatiari in xysto, Cic. de opt. [[gen]]. 8. Vgl. ([[über]] no. I u. II) Vitr. 5, 11, 4 u. 6, 7, 5.
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