σκυτάλιον: Difference between revisions

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