2001 Translation

SKYTALID, skytalid

Sounds Like: sky-TA-lid

Translations: of rods, of staves, of cylinders, of scrolls, of messages

From the root: ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the feminine noun ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗ (skytale). It refers to a rod, staff, or cylinder, often used for carrying messages (a 'skytale' was a device used by the Spartans for secret communication, where a message was written on a strip of parchment wrapped around a specific rod). In a general sense, it denotes cylindrical objects or the messages conveyed by them.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΣΚΥΤΑΛΑΙΣ — staff, a staff, rod, a rod, cudgel, a cudgel, club, a club, (with) staves, (with) rods, (with) cudgels, (with) clubs
• ΣΚΥΤΑΛΑΣ — rods, staves, clubs, cudgels
• ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗ — rod, staff, stick, a staff, a rod
• ΣΚΥΤΑΛΗΣ — of a staff, of a rod, of a stick, of a club, of a cudgel

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