{
  "headword": "σκυτάλη",
  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347",
  "citations": [],
  "senses": [
    {
      "definition": "",
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0",
      "children": [
        {
          "label": "",
          "definition": "<i>staff, cudgel, club,</i> D.S. 3.8; σ. ἀγριέλαιος, of Heracles’ <i>club,</i> AP 9.237 ( Eryc.); cf. σκύταλον:—Special usages:",
          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0",
          "citations": [
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356153",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "D.S. 3.8;",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.8"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356154",
              "data": {
                "quote": "",
                "ref": "AP 9.237 (",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.237"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>staff</i> or <i>baton,</i> used as a cypher for writing dispatches, a strip of leather being rolled slantwise round it, on which the dispatches were written lengthwise, so that when unrolled they were unintelligible: commanders abroad had a staff of like thickness, round which they rolled these strips, and so were able to read the dispatches:—hence σκυτάλη came to mean <i>a Spartan dispatch,</i> Th. 1.131, X. HG 3.3.8, Ar. Lys. 991, Plu. Lys. 19, Gell. 17.9.15; and, generally, <i>dispatch, message,</i> as Pi. calls the bearer of his ode σκυτάλα Μοισᾶν O. 6.91, where the Sch. quotes ἀχνυμένη σκυτάλη (dub. sens.) from Archil. ( Fr. 89.2); ἡ σκυτάλης περιτροπή, of labour in vain (cf. ὕπερος), Pl. Tht. 209d.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-0",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356155",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Th. 1.131,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.131"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356156",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "X. HG 3.3.8,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:3.3.perseus-grc2.8"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356157",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ar. Lys. 991,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc2:991"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356158",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Plu. Lys. 19,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032.perseus-grc2:19"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356159",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σκυτάλα Μοισᾶν",
                        "ref": "O. 6.91",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.91"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356160",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Fr. 89.2);",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001.perseus-grc2:89.2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356161",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Pl. Tht. 209d.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:209d"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>pole</i> or <i>staff,</i> like those of a sedan-chair, LXX Ex. 30.4.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-1",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356162",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "LXX Ex. 30.4.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002.perseus-grc2:30.4"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>strickle for levelling grain</i> piled up in a measure, σ. δικαία PTeb. 823.15, PAmh. 2.43.10 (both ii B.C.), cf. Poll. 4.170.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-2",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356163",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. δικαία",
                        "ref": "PTeb. 823.15",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Tebt.:823.perseus-grc2.15"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356164",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "PAmh. 2.43.10 (both",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Amh.:2:43.perseus-grc2:10"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356165",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Poll. 4.170.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.170"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>wooden tally</i> or <i>ticket</i> on a money-bag, etc., Diosc.Hist. 4, D.S. 13.106.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-3",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356166",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Diosc.Hist. 4,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2409.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356167",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "D.S. 13.106.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.106"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>strip</i> or <i>rod of metal</i> or <i>ivory,</i> κασσιτέρου Inscr.Délos 442 B 170 (ii B.C.); ἐλέφαντος ibid.; cf. Hld. 9.15.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-4",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356168",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κασσιτέρου",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356169",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hld. 9.15.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0658.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.15"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>scourge whip,</i> Moer. p.346P.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-5",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>handle</i> or <i>lever</i> in a machine, Orib. 49.3.3; <i>handspike</i> for turning a wheel, Ph. Bel. 68.6, 85.2, Hero Bel. 86.12 (pl.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-0-6",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356170",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Orib. 49.3.3;",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:49.3.perseus-grc2.3"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356171",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Ph. Bel. 68.6,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001.perseus-grc2:68.6"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356172",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "85.2,",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001.perseus-grc2:85.2"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356173",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Hero Bel. 86.12 (pl.).",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012.perseus-grc2:86.12"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>sucker</i> from a stem, Gp. 9.11.4, al.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-1",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356174",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Gp. 9.11.4, al.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4080.tlg001:9.11.perseus-grc2.4"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>cylinder</i> or <i>roller</i> wherewith weights are moved, Arist. Mech. 852a16, cf. CPHerm. 95.16 (iii A.D.).",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-2",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356175",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Arist. Mech. 852a16, cf.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg023:852a.perseus-grc2.16"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356176",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "CPHerm. 95.16",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,Stud.Pal.:volume=5:95.perseus-grc2:16"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>a serpent,</i> of uniform roundness and thickness, Nic. Th. 384, Sor. ap. Philum. Ven. 27.3 (for Plu. Crass. 32 v. Σκύλλα).",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-3",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356177",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Nic. Th. 384,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001.perseus-grc2:384"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356178",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Philum. Ven. 27.3 (for",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0671.tlg001.perseus-grc2:27.3"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356179",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Plu. Crass. 32 v. Σκύλλα).",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039.perseus-grc2:32"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>a fish</i> of like shape, Opp. H. 1.184.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-3-0",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356180",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "",
                        "ref": "Opp. H. 1.184.",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0023.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.184"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>finger-bone, phalanx,</i> Paul.Aeg. 6.43, Tz. H. 9.126.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n95347-0-0-4",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356181",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Paul.Aeg. 6.43,",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0715.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.43"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-356182",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "",
                    "ref": "Tz. H. 9.126.",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg9022.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.126"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "key": "sku^ta/lh",
  "type": "main"
}