σκυταλίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, Dim. of σκυτάλη,

   A stick, Hdt.4.60.    2 = σκυτάλιον 1.3, esp. as used by fishermen for drawing the net to land, Ael.NA12.43.    3 = σκυτάλη 1.2, J.AJ3.6.3.    4 = σκυτάλη 1.1, Aen.Tact.22.27, D.S. 8.27, etc.    5 = σκυτάλη 1.5, ἐλέφαντος, κασσιτέρου, Inscr.Délos 443 Bb94,95 (ii B.C.).    6 engine for hurling fire, Suid.    7 finger-bone (cf. σκυτάλη v), J.AJ3.7.6, Poll.2.144, Sor.Fract.22, Gal.2.250; of the neck, σ. τοῦ αὐχένος dub.in Id.19.139.    8 = σκυτάλη 1.4, ticket, Polyaen.1.17.    9 = σκυτάλη 1.7, handspike, Hero Bel.86.11.    II = σκυτάλη 11, Gp.4.3.11: hence, withy, willow wand, Str.17.1.50.    2 Dim. of σκυτάλη 111, διὰ -ίδων ἐβενίνων λείων ἐξομαλίζονται τὰ σώματα Id.15.1.54, cf. 55.    III small crab, of the καρίς kind, Hsch.    2 a kind of caterpillar, EM 720.45.