ξυστός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, (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 full

   A ξυστὸς δρόμος Aristias 5), also 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 (Sparta) ; opp. ξυστικὴ σύνοδος, Inscr.Olymp.436. (Expld. by Paus. l.c. as a clearing, from the action of Heracles in clearing out (ἀναξύειν) the thorn-bushes from the ξ. at Elis ; perh. orig. 'raked (ground)'.)