xystus
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “smooth; scraped”), from ξύω (xúō, “scrape”), referring to its polished floor.
Pronunciation
Noun
xystus (plural xysti)
- (historical, architecture, in Ancient Greece) A long and open portico within the gymnasium.
See also
Xystus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Xystus in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξυστός (xustós, “xystus”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈksys.tus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈksis.tus/,
Noun
xystus m (genitive xystī); second declension
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
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
- “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