ξυστός
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From the root of ξύω (xúō, “to scrape, plane”) + -τός (-tós, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksys.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksisˈtos/
Adjective
ξῠστός • (xŭstós) m (feminine ξῠστή, neuter ξῠστόν); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ξῠστός xŭstós |
ξῠστή xŭstḗ |
ξῠστόν xŭstón |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστᾱ́ xŭstā́ |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστοί xŭstoí |
ξῠσταί xŭstaí |
ξῠστᾰ́ xŭstắ | |||||
| Genitive | ξῠστοῦ xŭstoû |
ξῠστῆς xŭstês |
ξῠστοῦ xŭstoû |
ξῠστοῖν xŭstoîn |
ξῠσταῖν xŭstaîn |
ξῠστοῖν xŭstoîn |
ξῠστῶν xŭstôn |
ξῠστῶν xŭstôn |
ξῠστῶν xŭstôn | |||||
| Dative | ξῠστῷ xŭstōî |
ξῠστῇ xŭstēî |
ξῠστῷ xŭstōî |
ξῠστοῖν xŭstoîn |
ξῠσταῖν xŭstaîn |
ξῠστοῖν xŭstoîn |
ξῠστοῖς xŭstoîs |
ξῠσταῖς xŭstaîs |
ξῠστοῖς xŭstoîs | |||||
| Accusative | ξῠστόν xŭstón |
ξῠστήν xŭstḗn |
ξῠστόν xŭstón |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστᾱ́ xŭstā́ |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστούς xŭstoús |
ξῠστᾱ́ς xŭstā́s |
ξῠστᾰ́ xŭstắ | |||||
| Vocative | ξῠστέ xŭsté |
ξῠστή xŭstḗ |
ξῠστόν xŭstón |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστᾱ́ xŭstā́ |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστοί xŭstoí |
ξῠσταί xŭstaí |
ξῠστᾰ́ xŭstắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ξῠστῶς xŭstôs |
ξῠστότερος xŭstóteros |
ξῠστότᾰτος xŭstótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 2
From the adjective, in the sense of "smoothened floor".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksys.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksysˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksisˈtos/
Noun
ξῠστός • (xŭstós) m (genitive ξῠστοῦ); second declension
- walking-place in the grounds of a private residence
- (architecture) covered colonnade in a gymnasium, for winter exercise
- meeting of athletes from various places to compete in sports
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ξῠστός ho xŭstós |
τὼ ξῠστώ tṑ xŭstṓ |
οἱ ξῠστοί hoi xŭstoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξῠστοῦ toû xŭstoû |
τοῖν ξῠστοῖν toîn xŭstoîn |
τῶν ξῠστῶν tôn xŭstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξῠστῷ tōî xŭstōî |
τοῖν ξῠστοῖν toîn xŭstoîn |
τοῖς ξῠστοῖς toîs xŭstoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ξῠστόν tòn xŭstón |
τὼ ξῠστώ tṑ xŭstṓ |
τοὺς ξῠστούς toùs xŭstoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξῠστέ xŭsté |
ξῠστώ xŭstṓ |
ξῠστοί xŭstoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ξῠστᾰρχέω (xŭstărkhéō)
- ξῠστᾰ́ρχης (xŭstắrkhēs)
- ξῠστᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (xŭstărkhĭ́ā)
- ξῠστῐκός (xŭstĭkós)
Descendants
- → Latin: xystus
Further reading
- “ξυστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ξυστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ξυστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ξυστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN