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scutula1

scutula1 · f

a little dish

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De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k
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Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. scŭtŭla — Lewis & Short

scŭtŭla, ae, f.dim.scutra; cf. scutella.

I Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.—

II Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure: (pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent, Vitr. 7, 1; so of a tesselated floor, Pall. 1, 9, 5; of checkered stuffs, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.—Of the shape of a country: formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere, Tac. Agr. 10.—Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise: scutula ob oculos lanea, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.

2. scŭtŭla — Lewis & Short

scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scў-tăla or scўtălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = skuta/lh (a staff, stick).

I A wooden roller or cylinder: quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.—

II A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a skuta/lh; pure Lat. clava): scytala, Nep. Paus. 3, 4: scytale, Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes skuta/lhn *lakwnikh/n).—

III A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1.

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