The corpus record

Σκύλλᾰ

*skulla · ἡ

Scylla

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

Σκύλλᾰ · Skylla — LSJ

Scylla

Scylla, Od. 12.85, al., cf. A. l.c., etc.; Σκύλλαν αὐλεῖν, in allusion to a composition bearing that name, Arist. Po. 1461b32; ταῖς λεγομέναις Ἐχίδναις καὶ Σκύλλαις Plu. Crass. 32 (as v.l. for σκυτάλαις). (Derivation fr. σκύλαξ (prob. erroneous) is implied in Od. 12.86.)

In the wild

Σκύλλαν · Skyllan Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1233–1235
Σκύλλῃ · Skyllēi Aristotle, Ars Poetica 15
Σκύλλαν · Skyllan Aristotle, Ars Poetica 26
Σκύλλα · Skylla Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8287)
Σκύλλης · Skyllēs Odyssey 12.108
Σκύλλης · Skyllēs Odyssey 12.125

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Σκύλλᾰ (scan p. 1043; entry #7399).

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