xystus
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In front of it is a xystus, fragrant with violets, where the sun's heat is increased by reflection from the cryptoportico, which, at the same time, breaks the northeast wind.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
There are other similar instances as in the case of "xystus," "prothyrum," "telamones," and some others of the sort.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The xystus, or garden, adjoining the house had been laid out like a Grecian landscape with cypresses and laurels between squares of roses and violets.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
From the portico we ascend by three steps to the xystus.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
The viridarium, or xystus, surrounded with spacious porticoes, was once filled with the choicest flowers, and refreshed by the grateful murmur of two fountains.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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