Ξυστάρχεις

you are xyston-president

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝21 Feb 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

8 words

[Meaning] you are in charge of the gymnasium.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξυστάρχεις· τοῦ γυμνασίου ἄρχεις.

Betacode

*custa/rxeis: tou= gumnasi/ou a)/rxeis.

Notes

Same entry in other lexica (references at Photius xi69 Theodoridis), where however the headword verb -- evidently quoted from somewhere -- is correctly accented: custarxei=s.
For the noun xyston in this sense see xi 170; and for the verb xystarchein and its cognates see LSJ s.v.

Linked from1 entry

ξ170ΞυστόνxystonSmall spear, javelin; also the full-sized spear; also the place where athletes train. Arrian [writes]: "the insignia of the chosen army [were] eagles, kingly effigies, wreaths, all of gold, draped over silvered xysta."

Neighbouring entries

ξ164Ξύσκηνοςtent-mate ξ165ΞυσταθεύσωI will help to roast, I will join in roasting ξ166Ξυστάρχειςyou are xyston-president ξ167Ξυστίδαxystis ξ168Ξυστίδαxystis

Revision history3 revisions · last 20 Jun 2013

20 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
17 Sep 2007augmented note and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
6 Apr 2001supplied headword; added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝