"σκυτάλη" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /sky.tá.lɛː/, /scyˈta.li/, /sciˈta.li/, /sky.tá.lɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /skyˈta.le̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /scyˈta.li/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /scyˈta.li/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sciˈta.li/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The origin is unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=unknown}} unknown Head templates: {{grc-noun|σκῠτάλη|σκῠτάλης|f|first}} σκῠτάλη • (skŭtálē) f (genitive σκῠτάλης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σκῠτάλη|ης|form=F}} Forms: σκῠτάλη [canonical], skŭtálē [romanization], σκῠτάλης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σκῠτάλη [nominative, singular], σκῠτάλᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ σκῠτάλαι [nominative, plural], τῆς σκῠτάλης [genitive, singular], σκῠτάλαιν [dual, genitive], σκῠταλῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σκῠτάλῃ [dative, singular], σκῠτάλαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς σκῠτάλαις [dative, plural], τὴν σκῠτάλην [accusative, singular], σκῠτάλᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σκῠτάλᾱς [accusative, plural], σκῠτάλη [singular, vocative], σκῠτάλᾱ [dual, vocative], σκῠτάλαι [plural, vocative], σκύταλον [alternative]
  1. A staff, a cudgel, a club
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-y50yy0mE
  2. A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-z7n93gBE Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 8 26 3 7 8 3 18 3 7 3 8 7
  3. A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-7j5KHpQq
  4. A strickle for levelling grain
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-mzB8gdkO
  5. A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-MLJ-cjnl
  6. A rod of metal or ivory
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-KFYpHp2h
  7. A scourge whip
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-UQmhcuAP
  8. A handle or lever in a machine
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-qzCfCDon
  9. A handspike for turning a wheel
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-PXKlvCNR
  10. A sucker from a stem
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-O4d8qbR9
  11. A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-saOxxqa- Categories (other): Snakes Disambiguation of Snakes: 8 13 3 7 9 3 8 3 14 3 18 11
  12. (anatomy) A phalanx
    Sense id: en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-KxXmWjnM Categories (other): Anatomy, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 4 8 8 4 8 2 8 3 11 24 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 4 18 3 7 8 4 7 5 4 4 8 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: σκυταλίας (skutalías), σκυτάλιον (skutálion), σκυταλίς (skutalís), σκυταλισμός (skutalismós), σκυταλόομαι (skutalóomai), σκυτάλωσις (skutálōsis), σκυταλωτός (skutalōtós)
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutalías",
      "word": "σκυταλίας"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutálion",
      "word": "σκυτάλιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutalís",
      "word": "σκυταλίς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutalismós",
      "word": "σκυταλισμός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutalóomai",
      "word": "σκυταλόομαι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutálōsis",
      "word": "σκυτάλωσις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "skutalōtós",
      "word": "σκυταλωτός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "إِسْقَاطُولِيّ",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, “the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, “the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "scytalē",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: scytalē",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: scytalē"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "The origin is unknown.",
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      "form": "σκῠτάλη",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skŭtálē",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "σκῠτάλης",
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
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      ]
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σκῠτάλη",
      "roman": "hē skŭtálē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σκῠτάλαι",
      "roman": "hai skŭtálai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῆς σκῠτάλης",
      "roman": "tês skŭtálēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "σκῠτάλαιν",
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        "dual",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠταλῶν",
      "roman": "skŭtalôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σκῠτάλῃ",
      "roman": "têi skŭtálēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλαιν",
      "roman": "skŭtálain",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σκῠτάλαις",
      "roman": "taîs skŭtálais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σκῠτάλην",
      "roman": "tḕn skŭtálēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλᾱ",
      "roman": "skŭtálā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σκῠτάλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s skŭtálās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλη",
      "roman": "skŭtálē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλᾱ",
      "roman": "skŭtálā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλαι",
      "roman": "skŭtálai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκύταλον",
      "roman": "skútalon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "σκῠτάλη",
        "2": "σκῠτάλης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A staff, a cudgel, a club"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-y50yy0mE",
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "cudgel",
          "cudgel"
        ],
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 26 3 7 8 3 18 3 7 3 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Tools",
          "orig": "grc:Tools",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-z7n93gBE",
      "links": [
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ],
        [
          "Sparta",
          "Sparta"
        ],
        [
          "cypher",
          "cypher"
        ],
        [
          "dispatch",
          "dispatch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-7j5KHpQq",
      "links": [
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "sedan chair",
          "sedan chair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A strickle for levelling grain"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-mzB8gdkO",
      "links": [
        [
          "strickle",
          "strickle"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-MLJ-cjnl",
      "links": [
        [
          "tally",
          "tally"
        ],
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
        ],
        [
          "money bag",
          "money bag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A rod of metal or ivory"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-KFYpHp2h",
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "ivory",
          "ivory"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A scourge whip"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-UQmhcuAP",
      "links": [
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handle or lever in a machine"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-qzCfCDon",
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handspike for turning a wheel"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-PXKlvCNR",
      "links": [
        [
          "handspike",
          "handspike"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sucker from a stem"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-O4d8qbR9",
      "links": [
        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 13 3 7 9 3 8 3 14 3 18 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Snakes",
          "orig": "grc:Snakes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-saOxxqa-",
      "links": [
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "roundness",
          "roundness"
        ],
        [
          "thickness",
          "thickness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "grc:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 16 4 8 8 4 8 2 8 3 11 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 18 3 7 8 4 7 5 4 4 8 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phalanx"
      ],
      "id": "en-σκυτάλη-grc-noun-KxXmWjnM",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "phalanx",
          "phalanx"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) A phalanx"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sky.tá.lɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sciˈta.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sky.tá.lɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skyˈta.le̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sciˈta.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σκυτάλη"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Snakes",
    "grc:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "skutalías",
      "word": "σκυταλίας"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutálion",
      "word": "σκυτάλιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutalís",
      "word": "σκυταλίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutalismós",
      "word": "σκυταλισμός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutalóomai",
      "word": "σκυταλόομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutálōsis",
      "word": "σκυτάλωσις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skutalōtós",
      "word": "σκυταλωτός"
    }
  ],
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            "1": "ar",
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            "bor": "1",
            "t": "the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, “the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: إِسْقَاطُولِيّ (ʔisqāṭūliyy, “the beam of wood or handle or lever used in simple machines”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "scytalē",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: scytalē",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: scytalē"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "σκῠτάλη",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "skŭtálē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σκῠτάλη",
      "roman": "hē skŭtálē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλᾱ",
      "roman": "skŭtálā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σκῠτάλαι",
      "roman": "hai skŭtálai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς σκῠτάλης",
      "roman": "tês skŭtálēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλαιν",
      "roman": "skŭtálain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠταλῶν",
      "roman": "skŭtalôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σκῠτάλῃ",
      "roman": "têi skŭtálēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλαιν",
      "roman": "skŭtálain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σκῠτάλαις",
      "roman": "taîs skŭtálais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σκῠτάλην",
      "roman": "tḕn skŭtálēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλᾱ",
      "roman": "skŭtálā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σκῠτάλᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s skŭtálās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλη",
      "roman": "skŭtálē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλᾱ",
      "roman": "skŭtálā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκῠτάλαι",
      "roman": "skŭtálai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σκύταλον",
      "roman": "skútalon",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκῠτάλη",
        "2": "σκῠτάλης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "σκῠτάλη • (skŭtálē) f (genitive σκῠτάλης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σκῠτάλη",
        "2": "ης",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A staff, a cudgel, a club"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "cudgel",
          "cudgel"
        ],
        [
          "club",
          "club"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baton",
          "baton"
        ],
        [
          "Sparta",
          "Sparta"
        ],
        [
          "cypher",
          "cypher"
        ],
        [
          "dispatch",
          "dispatch"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "sedan chair",
          "sedan chair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A strickle for levelling grain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strickle",
          "strickle"
        ],
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tally",
          "tally"
        ],
        [
          "ticket",
          "ticket"
        ],
        [
          "money bag",
          "money bag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A rod of metal or ivory"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "ivory",
          "ivory"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A scourge whip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scourge",
          "scourge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handle or lever in a machine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A handspike for turning a wheel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handspike",
          "handspike"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sucker from a stem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
        [
          "stem",
          "stem"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "roundness",
          "roundness"
        ],
        [
          "thickness",
          "thickness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A phalanx"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "phalanx",
          "phalanx"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) A phalanx"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sky.tá.lɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sciˈta.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sky.tá.lɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skyˈta.le̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/scyˈta.li/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sciˈta.li/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σκυτάλη"
}

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