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xysta

xysta is the plural of xyston.

xysta is the plural of xystum.

Meaning of xyston

Noun

xyston (plural xystons or xysta)

  1. A type of long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece.
    • 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

Meaning of xystum

Noun

xystum (plural xysta)

  1. A xystus.

Questions about xysta

What is xysta the plural of?
Xysta is the plural of xyston.

Words near xysta in the dictionary

  1. xysma
  2. xysmalobin
  3. xysmalogenin
  4. xysmalorin
  5. xyst
  6. xysta
  7. xystarch
  8. xystarchs
  9. xyster
  10. xysters
  11. xysti

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xysta (page history and authors); xyston (page history and authors); xystum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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