LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

scytalē

scytalē f (genitive scytalēs)
Classical[ˈsky.ta.ɫeː]Ecclesiastical[ˈʃiː.ta.le]

Meaning

  1. historicalscytale (cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written)
  2. a type of snake

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescytalēscytalae
genitivescytalēsscytalārum
dativescytalaescytalīs
accusativescytalēnscytalās
ablativescytalēscytalīs
vocativescytalēscytalae

Origins

From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club, baton, cylinder used for encoding and decoding messages”).

Descendants
  • Englishscytale

In English words that came into English from scytalē

  • scytalescytalē

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesScytaleScytale (σκυτάλη, also κουτάλη; from σκῦτος, κύτος, leather or hide; see Curtius, Gr. Etym. § 683) is the name applied to a secret mode of writing by …

Quick answers

What does scytalē mean in Latin?
scytalē, a noun, means “scytale (cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written); a type of snake”.
What is the genitive of scytalē?
The genitive singular is scytalēs. scytalē is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce scytalē?
In classical Latin, [ˈsky.ta.ɫeː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈʃiː.ta.le].