Word: scytales
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: scy
tales
Definition: Plural of scytale. A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in ancient Greece .
Morphemes:
Affix: scytale
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in ancient Greece.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σκυτάλη
Language: grc
Decoded: skutale
Meaning: baton
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).