σκυταλίς

ίδος, ἡ
A. stick, Hdt. 4.60.
2. = σκυτάλιον 1.3, esp. as used by fishermen for drawing the net to land, Ael. NA 12.43.
3. = σκυτάλη 1.2, J. AJ 3.6.3.
4. = σκυτάλη 1.1, Aen.Tact. 22.27, D.S. 8.27, etc.
5. = σκυτάλη 1.5, ἐλέφαντος, κασσιτέρου, Inscr.Délos 443 Bb 94,95 (ii B.C.).
6. engine for hurling fire, Suid.
7. finger-bone (cf. σκυτάλη v), J. AJ 3.7.6, Poll. 2.144, Sor. Fract. 22, Gal. 2.250; of the neck, ς. τοῦ αὐχένος dub.in Id. 19.139.
8. = σκυτάλη 1.4, ticket, Polyaen. 1.17.
9. = σκυτάλη 1.7, handspike, Hero Bel. 86.11.
II. = σκυτάλη 11, Gp. 4.3.11: hence, withy, willow wand, Str. 17.1.50.
2. Dim. of σκυτάλη 111, διὰ ‐ίδων ἐβενίνων λείων ἐξομαλίζονται τὰ σώματα Id. 15.1.54, cf. 55.
III. small crab, of the καρίς kind, Hsch.
2. a kind of caterpillar, EM 720.45.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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