σκηπτοῦχος, Dor.
σκαπτ-,ον, (σκῆπτον, ἔχω)
A. bearing a staff, baton, orsceptreas the badge of command,ς. βασιλεύςasceptredking, Il. 2.86 , Od. 2.231 , etc.; ὅς τις ς. εἴη
Il. 14.93
: c. gen.,θεῶν ς., of Aphrodite, Orph. H. 55.11 ; [Ἄρης] ἠνορέης ς. h.Mart. 6 .
2. Subst.,wand-bearer, a great officer in the Persian court, generally a eunuch,ἢ τύραννος ἢ ς. Semon. 7.69 , cf. X. Cyr. 7.3.15 , 8.1.38 , 8.3.15 , An. 1.6.11 ; of Scythian princelings, IPE 12.32A42 (Olbia,iii B.C.); later, ofbeadlesat Ephesus, BMus.Inscr. 4.481 *. 300 , Ephes. 4(1) No. 4 .