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xystus , i, m., or xystum , i, n., = ξυστός or ξυστόν.
I. Among the Greeks, a covered portico or gallery, where the athletes exercised in winter, Vitr. 5, 11, 4; 6, 10, 5; Tert. Apol. 38.—
II. Among the Romans, an open colonnade or portico, or a walk planted with trees, etc., for recreation, conversation, philosophic discussion, etc., Cic. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. Brut. 3, 10; id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; Sen. Ira. 3, 18, 3; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 17; 5, 6, 19; 9, 7, 4; 9, 36, 3; Suet. Aug. 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 18.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.8.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.11.4
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 72
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.7
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 2.17.17
    • Seneca, de Ira, 3.18.3
    • Cicero, Brutus, 3.10
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