χιαστός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν,

   A arranged diagonally, λίθοι Ph.Bel.94.45; of a noose (in form χιεστός) Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.3 tit.; of a bandage, Sor.Fasc.7 (in form χιεστός), Gal.18(1).819. Adv. -τῶς of an incision, PSI10.1180.47 (ii A. D.).    2 in the shape of a X, σημεῖον Eust.599.35.    II esp. in Rhet. (cf. χιάζω) , χ. περίοδος Sch.Isoc.6.42, cf. Sch.Il.16.564, Porph. in Cat. 78.36.