xystus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →xystus, xysti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shaded/colonnaded walk; covered way used for winter athletic exercise;
nom. sg.
Examples
- G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...membra, atrium etiam ex more veterum. Ante porticum xystus in plurimas species distinctus concisusque buxo; demissus inde pronusque..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...venti quiescunt sine iniuria patent. Ante cryptoporticum xystus violis odoratus. Teporem solis infusi repercussu cryptoporticus auget, quae..."