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1 σκῠτάλη
σκῠτάληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `stick, club, spar, drum' in diff. technical mean. (Archil., Pi.). From the lit. is esp. known the letter-staff, which the Spartans used for secret dispatches. Metaph. as des. of a snake (Nic. a. o.), of a fish (Opp.; Strömberg Fischn. 36).Other forms: Beside σκύταλον n. `stick, club' (Pi., Hdt., Ar., X.).Derivatives: Dimin. σκυτάλ-ιον n. (Ar., hell. a. late), - ίς f. (Hdt., hell a. late); further - ίας m. as name of a σίκυος (Thphr.; Strömberg Theophr. 91) a. o.; - ωτός `provided with a σ.' (Hero, EM); - ισμός m. `fist-law', in Argos (D.S., Plu.); - όομαι `to be clubbed' (EM, H.) with - ωσις (Trozen).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Instrument name like ῥόπαλον, πάσσαλος a. o. (Chantraine Form. 245 f.); no certain connection. First from *σκύτος (cf. σκυτίζει σπαράττει H. ?), which agrees formally with Lith. skùtas `rag, piece, patch'. Besides the primary verb skutù, skùsti `shave, plane, peel' (cf. on ξύω); so *σκύος, - άλη prop. *'planed piece of wood'? (Lith. skutùlė `wooden box with cover' (Rozwadowski, s. Glotta 2, 356) is a loan from MLG schuttel, from Lat. scutella). -- Lat. LW [loanword] scutula. Cf. σκῦρος, σκύτη and σκῦτος.Page in Frisk: 2,744Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σκῠτάλη
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