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.