σκυτάλη

Etymology
The origin is.

Noun

 * 1) A staff, a cudgel, a club
 * 2) A baton used in Sparta as a cypher for writing dispatches
 * 3) A pole or staff like those of a sedan chair
 * 4) A strickle for levelling grain
 * 5) A wooden tally or ticket on a money bag
 * 6) A rod of metal or ivory
 * 7) A scourge whip
 * 8) A handle or lever in a machine
 * 9) A handspike for turning a wheel
 * 10) A sucker from a stem
 * 11) A serpent of uniform roundness and thickness
 * 12)  A phalanx

Noun

 * 1)  baton
 * 2)  stick used for carrying messages in ancient Sparta