xystus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “smooth; scraped”), from ξύω (xúō, “scrape”), referring to its polished floor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪstəs/

Noun

xystus (plural xysti)

1. (historical, architecture, in Ancient Greece) A long and open portico within the gymnasium.

   Synonyms: xyst, xystum

See also

• Xystus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Xystus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Latin

Alternative forms

• xystum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “xystus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈksys.tus/, [ˈks̠ʏs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈksis.tus/, [ˈksist̪us]

Noun

xystus m (genitive xystī); second declension

1. covered portico or gallery (or one planted with trees)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	xystus	xystī
genitive	xystī	xystōrum
dative	xystō	xystīs
accusative	xystum	xystōs
ablative	xystō	xystīs
vocative	xyste	xystī

Descendants

• English: xystus
• Portuguese: xisto

References

• “xystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “xystus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• xystus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “xystus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “xystus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “xystus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin