1.a Scythian: proverb., Σκυθῶν ἐρημία, as we might say "the desert of Africa, " Ar.: —fem. Σκύθαινα^.
2.as adj. Scythian, Aesch.
II.at Athens, a policeman, one of the city-guard, which was mostly composed of Scythian slaves, Ar.
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