ξυστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (ξύω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 ξ</b>. with the top [[raked off]], not heaped up, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>84.7</span> (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[trimmed]], [[cropped]] with scissors, μαχαίρᾳ ξύστ' ἔχων τριχώματα <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.6</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">ξυσ-τός</span>, ὁ (in full <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 grounds 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.) ; name of a gymnasium at Elis containing trees and racing-tracks, <span class="bibl">Paus.6.23.1</span> ; open-air [[walks]] 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[covered colonnade]] in a gymnasium, for winter exercise, Vitr. l.c., <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[meeting of athletes]] from various places to compete in sports, 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-bushes from the [[ξ]]. at Elis ; perh. orig. 'raked (ground)'.)</span>