σκῦτος

A. skin, hide, esp. dressed or tanned hide, Od. 14.34, Hp. Art. 33, Ar. Eq. 868; ὁ νοῦς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἦν τότ’ ἐν τοῖς σκύτεσι (with a reference to Cleon the tanner) Id. Pax 669; εἰ ἐμβάται γένοιντο σκύτους X. Eq. 12.10; τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδες Pl. Smp. 191a; σκυτῶν τομή Id. Chrm. 173d.

II. leather thong, whip, D. 21.180, Plu. Pomp. 18, etc.; σκύτη βλέπειν to look like a whipped cur, Eup. 282, Ar. V. 643; ς. τέμνειν εἰς νουθεσίαν ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόνων Socr. Ep. 12. (Cf. Skt. skunomi 'cover', Lat. ob-scū-rus.) [σκύτος with υ occurs in codd.; but in Ar. Pl. 514 Bentl. restored σκυλοδεψεῖν; so in Theoc. 25.142 σκύλος is the better reading, and in Lyc. 1316 Scheer conjectures σκύλος.]