xysti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →xystus, xysti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shaded/colonnaded walk; covered way used for winter athletic exercise;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...protinus pratum multumque ruris videt, fenestris hac latus xysti et quod prosilit villae, hac adiacentis hippodromi nemus comasque..."Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...umquam aere pigro et manente ingravescit. In capite xysti, deinceps cryptoporticus horti, diaeta est amores mei, re vera..."