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1.scŭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. scutella].I.Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.—II.Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure:2.(pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent,
Vitr. 7, 1;so of a tesselated floor,
Pall. 1, 9, 5;of checkered stuffs,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—Of the shape of a country:formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere,
Tac. Agr. 10.—Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise:scutula ob oculos lanea,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = skutalê (a staff, stick).I.A wooden roller or cylinder:II.quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a skutalê; pure Lat. clava):III.scytala,
Nep. Paus. 3, 4:scytale,
Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes skutalên Lakônikên).—A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. [p. 1651] 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1. -
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1.scŭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. scutella].I.Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.—II.Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure:2.(pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent,
Vitr. 7, 1;so of a tesselated floor,
Pall. 1, 9, 5;of checkered stuffs,
Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—Of the shape of a country:formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere,
Tac. Agr. 10.—Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise:scutula ob oculos lanea,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = skutalê (a staff, stick).I.A wooden roller or cylinder:II.quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a skutalê; pure Lat. clava):III.scytala,
Nep. Paus. 3, 4:scytale,
Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes skutalên Lakônikên).—A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. [p. 1651] 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1. -
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5 Scytalosagittipelliger
Scytălŏsăgittĭpellĭger, ĕri, m. [scytale, i. e. clava-sagitta-pellis-gero], the Club-shaft-and-hide-bearer, an epithet of Hercules, Poët. ap. Tert. Pall. 4 (Com. Rel. p. 124, n. 61 Rib.).
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