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xystus

/zis-tuhs/US // ˈzɪs təs //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural xys·ti [zis-tahy]. /ˈzɪs taɪ/.

    • : xyst.

Examples

  • Then they crossed the xystus to the peristyle, and went along a carpeted corridor to the atrium.

  • Xystus (—Hall) the name of the luxuriously-adorned garden back of the peristyle.

  • In Rome this custom prevailed, at least since the pontificates of Xystus and Telesphorus (about 120).

  • There are other similar instances as in the case of "xystus," "prothyrum," "telamones," and some others of the sort.

  • The xystus was a level piece of ground, in front of a portico, divided into flower-beds of various shapes by borders of box.