σκῦτος,εος,τό,
A. skin, hide, esp.dressedortanned hide, Od. 14.34 , Hp. Art. 33 , Ar. Eq. 868 ;ὁ νοῦς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἦν τότ' ἐν τοῖς σκύτεσι(with a reference to Cleon the tanner) Id. Pax 669 ; εἰ ἐμβάται γένοιντο σκύτους
X. Eq. 12.10
; τῶν σκυτῶν ῥυτίδες
Pl. Smp. 191a
; σκυτῶν τομή
Id. Chrm. 173d
.
II. leather thong, whip, D. 21.180 , Plu. Pomp. 18 , etc.;σκύτη βλέπεινto looklikea whipped cur, Eup. 282 , Ar. V. 643 ; ς. τέμνειν εἰς νουθεσίαν ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόνων
Socr. Ep. 12
. (Cf. Skt.skunomi'cover', Lat.ob-scū-rus.) [σκύτοςwithῠoccurs in codd.; but in Ar. Pl. 514 Bentl. restoredσκῠλοδεψεῖν; so in Theoc. 25.142
σκύλοςis the better reading, and in Lyc. 1316 Scheer conjecturesσκύλος.]