χιεστός
ή, όν, Adv.
A.
arranged diagonally, λίθοι Ph. Bel. 94.45; of a noose (in form χιεστός) Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.3 tit.; of a bandage, Sor. Fasc. 7 (in form χιεστός), Gal. 18(1).819. Adv. ‐τῶς of an incision, PSI 10.1180.47 (ii A. D.).
2.
in the shape of a X, σημεῖον Eust. 599.35.
II.
esp. in Rhet. (cf. χιάζω), χ. περίοδος Sch.Isoc. 6.42, cf. Sch.Il. 16.564, Porph. in Cat. 78.36.