Σκύθης

A. Σκύθα Thgn. 829, Ar. Th. 1112, etc.:—Scythian, first in Hes. Fr. 55: prov., Σκυθῶν ἐρημία, of a desert, Ar. Ach. 704: metaph., rude, rough person, ἐν λόγοις Σ. Plu. 2.847f, cf. Men. 533.13.

2. Adj. Scythian, Σ. ἐς οἷμον A. Pr. 2; Σ. ὅμιλος ib.417 (lyr.); σίδηρος Id. Th. 818 (cf. Χάλυψ); κύανος Thphr. Lap. 55.

II. at Athens, one of the city police, which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, Ar. Th. 1018,1026, Lys. 451; cf. τοξότης 111.

2. = ἱπποτοξότης, Ael. Tact. 2.13.