Noun: xyston
| Singular | xyston |
| Plural | xystons; xysta |
Sample Sentences
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The Companions, like the Thessalian cavalry, were a well-mounted force armed with cuirass and the short thrusting spear (xyston) for close combat. [2004, J. F. C. Fuller, The Generalship of Alexander the Great, page 47:]
Nouns inflected like xyston
xyston,
upsilon,
onomasticon,
apastron,
analogion,
hexadecachoron,
parallelohedron,
bioctahedron,
omophorion,
Omicron,
phaneron,
epiplastron,
acroterion,
hypoplastron,
mixolimnion,
diachylon,
proamnion,
chrismon,
extrachorion,
trihemitetartemorion, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξυστόν (xustón, “spear, javelin”), of unknown origin. Potentially from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰasto- or *ǵʰasdʰo- (“branch ~ spear, sharp spine”) (whence also gad, goad, and yard), but this is likely a substrate word in view of the various irregularities. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ξυστόν'.