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σκυτάλη

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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σκῠτάλη (skŭtálēf (genitive σκῠτάλης); first declension

  1. A staff, a cudgel, a club
  2. (historical) A scytale, a baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches
  3. A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair
  4. A strickle for levelling grain
  5. A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag
  6. A rod of metal or ivory
  7. A scourge whip
  8. A handle or lever in a machine
  9. A handspike for turning a wheel
  10. A sucker from a stem
  11. A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness
  12. (anatomy) A phalanx

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines)
  • English: skytale
  • > Greek: σκυτάλη (skytáli) (inherited)
  • Latin: scytalē

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκῠτάλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1363

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σκῠτάλη (skŭtálē)

Noun

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σκυτάλη (skytálif (plural σκυτάλες)

  1. (athletics) baton (in relay races)
  2. (historical) scytale (simple Spartan cryptographic device)

Declension

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Declension of σκυτάλα
singular plural
nominative σκυτάλα (skytála) σκυτάλες (skytáles)
genitive σκυτάλας (skytálas)
accusative σκυτάλα (skytála) σκυτάλες (skytáles)
vocative σκυτάλα (skytála) σκυτάλες (skytáles)


There is a rare genitive plural form: σκυταλών