Σκυτάλαι
batons, cudgels, clubs
Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2014Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σκυτάλαι· στρογγύλα καὶ λεῖα ξύλα. παρὰ δὲ Ἡροδότῳ ῥάβδος.
Betacode
*skuta/lai: stroggu/la kai\ lei=a cu/la. para\ de\ *(hrodo/tw| r(a/bdos.
Notes (2)
- See also sigma 717, sigma 718.
- 1Likewise in the Synagoge (sigma141) and Photius' Lexicon (sigma388 Theodoridis). Theodoridis endorses Naber's view that the headword comes from the Septuagint (Exodus 40.4, dative plural there). ↩
- 2From glosses on Herodotus 3.137.2, where again the dative plural occurs. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- σ717Σκυτάληcudgel, staff[Meaning a] thick-ended stick, or a whip.
- σ718Σκυτάληskytale, scytaleA Laconian letter. The skytale was a long, shaven piece of wood. There were two skytalai among the Lakedaimonians: one the ephors of the Lakedaimonians used to retain, the other they would hand over to the general being…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead