πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
Ar. and V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl. (in P. only used in referense to tragedy as Dem. 418. or in a quotation from Homer as Plato., Gorgias 526C).
Met., kingly power: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ, κράτος, τό, V. σκῆπτρον, τό, or pl., θρόνος, ὁ, or pl.; see rule.