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|Definition=ξυστή, ξυστόν, ([[ξύω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[scraped]], [[shredded]], [[grated]], τυρός Antiph.113.18; [[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, ''PFay.''84.7 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[trimmed]], [[cropped]] with [[scissor]]s, μαχαίρᾳ ξύστ' ἔχων τριχώματα Ephipp.14.6.<br><span class="bld">ξυστός</span>, ὁ (in full<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ξυστὸς δρόμος]] Aristias 5), also [[ξυστόν]], τό, ''BCH''23.566 (Delph., iii B. C.), ''Inscr.Délos''409''A''13 (ii B. C.):—[[walking]]-[[place]] in the [[ground]]s of a [[private]] [[residence]], X.''Oec.''11.15; in a [[gymnasium]], Plu.2.133d, ''OGI''764.42 (Pergam.); [[Xystus]], name of a [[gymnasium]] at [[Elis]] containing trees and [[racing]]-[[track]]s, Paus.6.23.1; [[open]]-[[air]] [[walk]]s among trees and [[statuary]], Vitr.5.11.5; τὰ τῶν ξ. ἄλση Philostr.''VA''8.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[xystus]], [[covered]] [[colonnade]] in a [[gymnasium]], for [[winter]] [[exercise]], Vitr. [[l.c.]], ''Inscr.Délos'' [[l.c.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[meeting]] of [[athlete]]s from various places to [[compete]] in [[sport]]s, ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ σύμπαντος ξ. ''IG''14.1102, al., cf.5(1).669 (Sparta); opp. <b class="b3">ξυστικὴ σύνοδος</b>, ''Inscr.Olymp.''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]])'.)