ξυστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, ([[ξύω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shaved]], [[whittled]] with a [[knife]] or [[plane]], ἀκόντια <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.71</span> (nisi del. [[ἀκόντια]]); [[κάμαξ]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>404</span>; [[βέλος]] <span class="bibl">Antiph.112</span>; δόρατα <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>40.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[scraped]], [[shredded]], [[grated]], τυρός <span class="bibl">Antiph.113.18</span>; [[μοτός]] [[pledget]] [[of lint]], Gal.14.795; ἰὸς ὁ ξ. [[collected by scraping]], Dsc.5.79; <b class="b3">μέτρον ξυστόν</b> with the [[top]] [[raked off]], not [[heap]]ed up, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>84.7</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[trimmed]], [[cropped]] with [[scissor]]s, μαχαίρᾳ ξύστ' ἔχων τριχώματα <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.6</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ξυστός</span>, ὁ (in full <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ξυστὸς δρόμος]] <span class="bibl">Aristias 5</span>), also [[ξυστόν]], τό, <span class="title">BCH</span>23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span>409<span class="title">A</span>13 (ii B. C.):—[[walking]]-[[place]] in the [[ground]]s of a [[private]] [[residence]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>11.15</span>; in a [[gymnasium]], Plu.2.133d, <span class="title">OGI</span>764.42 (Pergam.); [[Xystus]], name of a [[gymnasium]] at [[Elis]] containing trees and [[racing]]-[[track]]s, <span class="bibl">Paus.6.23.1</span>; [[open]]-[[air]] [[walk]]s among trees and [[statuary]], Vitr.5.11.5; τὰ τῶν ξ. ἄλση <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>8.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[xystus]], [[covered]] [[colonnade]] in a [[gymnasium]], for [[winter]] [[exercise]], Vitr. l.c., <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[meeting]] of [[athlete]]s from various places to [[compete]] in [[sport]]s, ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ σύμπαντος ξ. <span class="title">IG</span>14.1102, al., cf.5(1).669 (Sparta); opp. <b class="b3">ξυστικὴ σύνοδος</b>, <span class="title">Inscr.Olymp.</span>436. (Expld. by Paus. l.c. as a [[clearing]], from the [[action]] of [[Heracles]] in [[clearing out]] ([[ἀναξύειν]]) the [[thorn]]-[[bush]]es from the [[ξυστός]] at Elis; perhaps orig. '[[rake]]d ([[ground]])'.)</span>