Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

σκῠτάλη (skutálēf (genitive σκῠτάλης); first declension

  1. A staff, a cudgel, a club
  2. A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches
  3. A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair
  4. A strickle for levelling grain
  5. A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag
  6. A rod of metal or ivory
  7. A scourge whip
  8. A handle or lever in a machine
  9. A handspike for turning a wheel
  10. A sucker from a stem
  11. A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness
  12. (anatomy) A phalanx

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Descendants edit

  • Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines)
  • Latin: scytalē

Further reading edit

Greek edit

Noun edit

σκυτάλη (skytálif (plural σκυτάλες)

  1. (athletics) baton (used in relay races)
  2. (ancient history) stick used for carrying messages in ancient Sparta

Declension edit