σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν
a Spartan scytale (cipher-rod)
Source Greek military technical (cf. Plutarch, Lys. 19)
Register technical
Etymology
The Lacedaemonian dispatch-stick on which messages were inscribed spirally; emblem of cryptic brevity.
Cicero by Claudea Spartan scytale (cipher-rod)
Source Greek military technical (cf. Plutarch, Lys. 19)
Register technical
The Lacedaemonian dispatch-stick on which messages were inscribed spirally; emblem of cryptic brevity.