σκυτάλιον
σκῠτᾰ/λ-ιον, τό, Dim. of σκύτᾰλον,
A). little staff, baton, σκυτάλῑ ἐφόρουν Av. 1283 , where the Sch. remarks on the exceptional quantity σκυτᾱλῑ ἐφόρουν, quoting Fr. 422 (where it may well be short), , and other examples; 2 ἐσκῠτᾰλιοφόρουν Porson.
5). dub. sens., σφαιρίον ς. οὐκ ἔχον BCH 29.546 (Delos, ii B.C.).
II). = κοτυληδών 5 , . 4.91