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ξυστόν

ξυστόν, the polished shaft; covered colonnade

ξυσ-τόν, τό, (ξύω, lit.
  • shaved, sc. δόρυ) shaft, pole, e.g. spear-shaft, ξ. χαλκῆρες Il. 11.260; μακροῖσι ξ. 13.497, cf. 15.677; opp. λόγχαι (the head), Hdt. 1.52, cf. Plu. Rom. 20.
      • 2 spear, E. Hec. 920 (lyr.); a horsemanʼs lance, X. Cyr. 4.5.58, cf. 7.1.33, Plu. Aem. 16: pl. ξυστοί Jul. Or. 2.60a codd.
      • 3 v. ξυστός.

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