scytale

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “baton”).

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskɪtəliː/

Noun

scytale (plural scytales)

A scytale
  1. A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in ancient times.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “baton”).

Noun

scytale f (genitive scytales); first declension

  1. A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in ancient times.
  2. A type of snake

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
nominative scytalē scytalae
genitive scytalēs scytalārum
dative scytalae scytalīs
accusative scytalēn scytalās
ablative scytalē scytalīs
vocative scytalē scytalae

References

  • scytale in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scytale in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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