σκύτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares this word, together with σκύτα (skúta, “neck, throat”), to κοττίς (kottís, “occiput”) and προκόττα (prokótta, “forelock”) and assumes a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκύτη • (skútē)

  1. Hesychius gives the definition as: κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

References

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