Σκύθ-ης, ου, ὁ:
vocative Σκύθᾰ [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 829, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1112, etc.:— “Scythian”, first in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 55: proverbial, Σκυθῶν ἐρημία] Refs 8th c.BC+], of a desert, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 704 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, rude, rough person, ἐν λόγοις Σ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.847f, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 533.13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 adjective [[ “Scythian”, Σ. ἐς οἷμον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 2; Σ. ὅμιλος [prev. work] 417 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σίδηρος [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 818 (compare Χάλυψ); κύανος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 55. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II at Athens, one of the city police, which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1018, 1026, “Lys.” 451; compare τοξότης 111. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ={ἱπποτοξότης}, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 2.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]