σκῦτος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A skin, hide, esp. dressed or tanned hide, Od.14.34, Hp.Art.33, Ar.Eq.868; ὁ νοῦς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἦν τότ' ἐν τοῖς σκύτεσι (with a reference to Cleon the tanner) Id.Pax669; εἰ ἐμβάται γένοιντο σκύτους X.Eq.12.10; τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδες Pl.Smp.191a; σκυτῶν τομή Id.Chrm.173d.    II leather thong, whip, D.21.180, Plu.Pomp.18, etc.; σκύτη βλέπειν to look like a whipped cur, Eup.282, Ar.V. 643; σ. τέμνειν εἰς νουθεσίαν ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόνων Socr.Ep.12. (Cf. Skt. skunomi 'cover', Lat. ob-scū-rus.) [σκύτος with ῠ occurs in codd.; but in Ar.Pl.514 Bentl. restored σκῠλοδεψεῖν; so in Theoc. 25.142 σκύλος is the better reading, and in Lyc.1316 Scheer conjectures σκύλος.]