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|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.
|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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xystus: i, m., or xystum, i, n., = ξυστός or ξυστόν.
I Among the Greeks, a covered portico or gallery, where the athletes exercised in winter, Vitr. 5, 11, 4; 6, 10, 5; Tert. Apol. 38.—
II 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.