σκυτάλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • σκύταλον (skútalon)

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σκῠτάλη • (skutálē) f (genitive σκῠτάλης); first declension

  1. A staff, a cudgel, a club
  2. A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches
  3. A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair
  4. A strickle for levelling grain
  5. A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag
  6. A rod of metal or ivory
  7. A scourge whip
  8. A handle or lever in a machine
  9. A handspike for turning a wheel
  10. A sucker from a stem
  11. A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness
  12. (anatomy) A phalanx

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σκῠτάλη; τῆς σκῠτάλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σκῠτάλη
hē skutálē		 τὼ σκῠτάλᾱ
tṑ skutálā		 αἱ σκῠτάλαι
hai skutálai
Genitive τῆς σκῠτάλης
tês skutálēs		 τοῖν σκῠτάλαιν
toîn skutálain		 τῶν σκῠταλῶν
tôn skutalôn
Dative τῇ σκῠτάλῃ
têi skutálēi		 τοῖν σκῠτάλαιν
toîn skutálain		 ταῖς σκῠτάλαις
taîs skutálais
Accusative τὴν σκῠτάλην
tḕn skutálēn		 τὼ σκῠτάλᾱ
tṑ skutálā		 τᾱ̀ς σκῠτάλᾱς
tā̀s skutálās
Vocative σκῠτάλη
skutálē		 σκῠτάλᾱ
skutálā		 σκῠτάλαι
skutálai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • σκυταλίας (skutalías)
  • σκυτάλιον (skutálion)
  • σκυταλίς (skutalís)
  • σκυταλισμός (skutalismós)
  • σκυταλόομαι (skutalóomai)
  • σκυτάλωσις (skutálōsis)
  • σκυταλωτός (skutalōtós)

Descendants
  • → Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, “the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines”)
  • → Latin: scytalē

Further reading

Greek

Noun

σκυτάλη • (skytáli) f (plural σκυτάλες)

  1. (athletics) baton (used in relay races)
  2. (ancient history) stick used for carrying messages in ancient Sparta

Declension
declension of σκυτάλη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative σκυτάλα • σκυτάλες •
genitive σκυτάλας • —
accusative σκυτάλα • σκυτάλες •
vocative σκυτάλα • σκυτάλες •
There is a rare genitive plural form: σκυταλών
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