xyston
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξυστόν (xustón, “spear, javelin”)
Noun
xyston (plural xystons or xysta)
- A type of long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece
- 2004, J. F. C. Fuller, The Generalship of Alexander the Great, p. 47.
- 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, p. 47.