skytalēn Lakōnikēn
a Spartan scytale (cipher-rod)
Source Greek military technical (cf. Plutarch, Lys. 19)
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Etymology
σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν; the Lacedaemonian dispatch-stick.
Cicero by Claudeskytalēn Lakōnikēn
a Spartan scytale (cipher-rod)
Source Greek military technical (cf. Plutarch, Lys. 19)
Register technical
σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν; the Lacedaemonian dispatch-stick.