σκυτάλιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Dim. of [[σκύταλον]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[little staff]], [[baton]], σκυτάλι' ἐφόρουν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1283</span>, where the Sch. remarks on the exceptional quantity <b class="b3">σκυτᾱλι' ἐφόρουν</b>, quoting <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span> 422</span> (where it may well be short), <span class="bibl">Nicopho 2</span>, and other examples; [[ἐσκῠτᾰλιοφόρουν]] Porson. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[little pipe]], [[flute]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.82</span>, and perh. so in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.4.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[lever]], [[handle]] for turning a windlass, etc., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.43</span>; [[support]], <span class="bibl">Orib.49.4.41</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[cog]], [[tooth]], on a wheel, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Dioptr.</span>34</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> dub. sens., σφαιρίον σ. οὐκ ἔχον <span class="title">BCH</span>29.546 (Delos, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κοτυληδών]] 5, Dsc.4.91.</span>