† scytalen.¹

Forms: Also 1500s scitale, 1600s scytal(l, scythale.

Etymology: < Latin scytalē (medieval Latin scitalus ), < Greek σκυτάλη , apparently a use of σκυτάλη staff: see scytale n.²Owing to a misreading of σκυτάλην for μυγάλην in Columella vi. xvii (ed. Stephanus 1543), the word was frequently supposed to have the sense of shrew-mouse. In modern zoological Latin scytalē is used as the name of a genus of snakes (the type of the order Scytalidae), and also as the specific name of a coral-snake (Tortrix scytale).

Obsolete.

A serpent mentioned by ancient writers, described as resembling a round staff of uniform thickness. Also, a figure of this as a heraldic bearing.

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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 62 O beareth Argente, on a Pale Vert, a Scitale, proper. This serpente is so called, because he shinethe with suche diuersitie of speckles vpon his backe, that all that looke thereon haue wonder, and likinge to see him.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 232 This Scytall is very full of markes or spots vppon the back, so variable and delectable, that it possesseth the beholders with admiration.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 467 The Scythale is admirable in her varied jacket.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xviii. 150 No otherwise doth he keep them at a gazing Admiration of Worldly Pomp,..than the Serpent Scytale doth with Passengers, whom she stays, by amazing them with her beautiful Colours, till she have stung them.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 465 His army resembled the serpents called Scytalae.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

scytalen.²

/ˈsɪtəliː/

Forms: Also 1500s in Latin form scytala.

Etymology: < Greek σκυτάλη staff, also spec.: see below.

Ancient History.

A method of secret writing practised by the Spartans, consisting in writing the message on a strip of parchment wound spirally round a cylindrical or tapering staff, so that it became illegible when the parchment was unrolled, and could be read only by the use of a staff of precisely the right form and size. Hence, a secret dispatch conveyed by this method.

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1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 491 To him selfe they sent immediatly that which they call Scytala... The Scytala is in this sorte. When the Ephori doe sende a Generall, or an Admirall to the warres, they cause two litle rounde staues to be made [etc.]... These two litle staues they call Scytales.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 491 This litle scrowle of parchment also is called as the rowle of wodde, Scytala.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning vi. i. 268 A Spartan letter sent once in a Scytale or round cypher'd staffe.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxvii. 17 A scytalé would at all times be sufficient to procure whatever they wished.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	scytale
释义	† scytalen.¹ Forms: Also 1500s scitale, 1600s scytal(l, scythale. Etymology: < Latin scytalē (medieval Latin scitalus ), < Greek σκυτάλη , apparently a use of σκυτάλη staff: see scytale n.²Owing to a misreading of σκυτάλην for μυγάλην in Columella vi. xvii (ed. Stephanus 1543), the word was frequently supposed to have the sense of shrew-mouse. In modern zoological Latin scytalē is used as the name of a genus of snakes (the type of the order Scytalidae), and also as the specific name of a coral-snake (Tortrix scytale). Obsolete. A serpent mentioned by ancient writers, described as resembling a round staff of uniform thickness. Also, a figure of this as a heraldic bearing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of worm-kinc893 slow-wormOE hagworm?c1475 salpege1569 scytale1572 house snake1608 porphyre1608 ellops1667 sea-serpent1672 tree-serpent1731 boyuna1763 whip-snake1774 garter-snake1775 switch-snake1791 argus-snake1802 rat snake1818 skaapsteker1818 sea-snake1827 short-tail1879 roof-snake1884 brown snake1896 herald-snake1910 night snake1918 parrot snake1931 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > reptiles boa1572 scytale1572 remora1612 lizard1688 salamander1688 lacertine1911 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 62 O beareth Argente, on a Pale Vert, a Scitale, proper. This serpente is so called, because he shinethe with suche diuersitie of speckles vpon his backe, that all that looke thereon haue wonder, and likinge to see him. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 232 This Scytall is very full of markes or spots vppon the back, so variable and delectable, that it possesseth the beholders with admiration. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. i. 467 The Scythale is admirable in her varied jacket. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xviii. 150 No otherwise doth he keep them at a gazing Admiration of Worldly Pomp,..than the Serpent Scytale doth with Passengers, whom she stays, by amazing them with her beautiful Colours, till she have stung them. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 465 His army resembled the serpents called Scytalae. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). scytalen.² /ˈsɪtəliː/ Forms: Also 1500s in Latin form scytala. Etymology: < Greek σκυτάλη staff, also spec.: see below. Ancient History. A method of secret writing practised by the Spartans, consisting in writing the message on a strip of parchment wound spirally round a cylindrical or tapering staff, so that it became illegible when the parchment was unrolled, and could be read only by the use of a staff of precisely the right form and size. Hence, a secret dispatch conveyed by this method. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > disguised or secret writing cipher1528 scytale1579 polygraphy1593 cryptography1653 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > conversion into code > device scytale1579 cryptograph1856 coder1920 encoder1944 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > instance of > coded message scytale1838 unicode1886 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 491 To him selfe they sent immediatly that which they call Scytala... The Scytala is in this sorte. When the Ephori doe sende a Generall, or an Admirall to the warres, they cause two litle rounde staues to be made [etc.]... These two litle staues they call Scytales. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 491 This litle scrowle of parchment also is called as the rowle of wodde, Scytala. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning vi. i. 268 A Spartan letter sent once in a Scytale or round cypher'd staffe. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxvii. 17 A scytalé would at all times be sufficient to procure whatever they wished. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1572n.²1579
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