σκύτη

English (LSJ)

κεφαλή, Hsch.; also σκύτα· τὸν τράχηλον, Σικελοί, Id.; freq. in Hp. acc. to Psell. ap. Zonar.1 p.cxviii.8 Tittm.; cited fr. Hp. by Erot. and expld. as

   A part of the neck or spinal marrow or scalp, citing Archil.122; τὰ σκύταλα (leg. σκύτα) ... ὅ ἐστι τοὺς τραχήλους, Sch. Ar.Av.1283 (ascribed to Epich. (173a) by Kaibel CGFp.vii).