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σχένδυλα

σχένδυλα, a pair of pincers

σχένδῡλα, ἡ,
  • a ship-carpenterʼs and blacksmithʼs tool, perhaps a pair of pincers or tongs, ναυπηγοῖς σ. AP 11.203 (κενδυλα cod.): also σχενδύλη, IG 2(2).1672.102, Hsch. s.v. σχενδυλόληπτοι. Hsch. also cites σχενδῡλάω (ibid.); the Dim. σκενδύλιον (q.v.) implies a form σκενδύλη which is not found.

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