ξυστίς

ξυστίς, ίδος, ἡ,

• robe of rich and soft material reaching to the feet, worn by women of quality, Ar. Lys. 1190 (lyr.), Antiph. 99, Eub. 90.3, Theoc. 2.74; τρύφημα παρυφές, ξυστίδα Ar. Fr. 320; ταῖς ξ. ταῖς χρυσοπάστοις Eub. 135; ξ. μαλακάς Plu. Pyth. 2.406d; worn by great men (esp. by victorious charioteers in their chariots) as a robe of state, Ar. Nu. 70, cf. Pl. R. 420e; by Trag. heroes, Cratin. 268, Duris 14, 70 J., cf. Harp. s.v., AB 284:—Hsch. and Tim. Lex., who say it was also used by Com., prob. refer to the use of the womenʼs ξ. on the Com. stage.
• • II = ξύστρα, στλεγγίς, Epich. 97, Diph. 52. (Perh. from ξυστός, ή, όν, as epith. of cloth, orig. garment made of cut (shorn, clipped) fabric, such as fustian, plush, velvet, etc.; cf. ξύω IV, ξυστός 3: for the semantic relation between ξυστίς and ξυστόν (pole, spear, etc.), and ξύω, cf. ONorse skrúd ‘some kind of textile fabric’, skrúd-kloedi ‘suit of fine stuff’, Engl. shroud ‘loppings of a tree, branch, bough’, both cogn. with shred.)

ξυστίς, ίδος, ἡ, nach Schol. Plat. Rep. IX.167 u. VLL λεπτὸν ὕφασμα περιβόλαιον, ἢ χιτὼν ποδήρης γυναικεῖος, ἰδίως τὸ τῶν τραγῳδῶν ἔνδυμα, ein langes, feines u. dünnes Schleppkleid, wie es bes. die Chortänzer in den Tragödien hatten ; Ar. Nub. 71, Lys. 1189 u. sp.D., wie Theocr. 2.74 ; auch in Prosa, ξυστίδας ἀμφιέσαντες, Plat. Rep. IV.420e ; nach VLL auch = ξύστρα gebraucht. Vgl. B.A. 284.

ξυστίς, Attic ξύστις, ίδος, ἡ, ξύω

• a xystis, a robe of fine material, a robe of state, Ar., Plat., etc.