ξυστίς

ξυστίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξυστός (xustós, “shaved, whittled”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís), from ξύω (xúō, “scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksys.tís/ → /ksysˈtis/ → /ksisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksys.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksysˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksysˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksysˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksisˈtis/

Noun

ξυστῐ́ς • (xustís) f (genitive ξυστῐ́δος); third declension

1. robe of rich and soft material reaching to the feet
   1. (worn by women of quality)
      • 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1190
      • 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Collected Works 99
      • 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 90.3
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 274
      • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, Fragments
      • 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 135
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.406d
   2. (worn by great men, esp. by victorious charioteers in their chariots, as a robe of state)
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 70
   3. (worn by tragic heroes)
      • 519 BCE – 422 BCE, Cratinus, Collected Works 268
2. scraper
   • 540 BCE – 450 BCE, Epicharmus, Collected Works 97
   • 342 BCE – 291 BCE, Diphilus, Collected Works 52

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ξυστῐ́ς; τῆς ξυστῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξυστῐ́ς hē xustís	τὼ ξυστῐ́δε tṑ xustíde	αἱ ξυστῐ́δες hai xustídes
Genitive	τῆς ξυστῐ́δος tês xustídos	τοῖν ξυστῐ́δοιν toîn xustídoin	τῶν ξυστῐ́δων tôn xustídōn
Dative	τῇ ξυστῐ́δῐ têi xustídi	τοῖν ξυστῐ́δοιν toîn xustídoin	ταῖς ξυστῐ́σῐ / ξυστῐ́σῐν taîs xustísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ξυστῐ́δᾰ tḕn xustída	τὼ ξυστῐ́δε tṑ xustíde	τᾱ̀ς ξυστῐ́δᾰς tā̀s xustídas
Vocative	ξυστῐ́ς xustís	ξυστῐ́δε xustíde	ξυστῐ́δες xustídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

• (scraper): ξύστρα (xústra), στλεγγίς (stlengís)

Descendants

• Latin: xystis

References

• ξυστίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press