scutula

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scŭtŭla: (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = σκυτάλη (a staff, stick).
I A wooden roller or cylinder: quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—
II A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a σκυτάλη;> pure Lat. clava): scytala, Nep. Paus. 3, 4: scytale, Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν).—
III A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 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: (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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) scŭtŭla,¹⁶ æ, f. (scuta),
1 plat [en forme de losange], écuelle : Mart. 11, 31, 19 ; Tac. Agr. 10
2 carreau [en losange, pour carrelage] : Vitr. Arch. 7, 1, 4
3 écusson [sorte de greffe] : Plin. 17, 118 || carré d’étoffe : Pl. Mil. 1178.
(2) scŭtŭla,¹⁵ æ, f. (σκυτάλη), rouleau [pour transporter les fardeaux] : Cæs. C. 3, 40, 2.