Name: Cicero Entire
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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

skytalēn Lakōnikēn

a Spartan scytale (cipher-rod)

Source: Greek military technical (cf. Plutarch, Lys. 19)

Etymology

σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν; the Lacedaemonian dispatch-stick.

Occurs in 1 work (1 mentions)

Ad Atticum 10.10 3 May 49 BC · 1 occurrence