xystos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →xystus, xysti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shaded/colonnaded walk; covered way used for winter athletic exercise;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...ingentem crudelitas eius sine dilatione poscebat, ut in xysto maternorum hortorum (qui porticum a ripa separat) inambulans quosdam..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...gestatio longo limite super litus extenditur, hic spatiosissimo xysto leviter inflectitur; illa fluctus non sentit haec frangit..."