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sandăla, ae, f., a very white kind of corn, Plin. 18, 7, 11, § 62 (v. l. scandala); also called scandŭla, Edict. Diocl. 27; Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 11.

scăbellum (scăbillum), i, n. dim. [scamnum; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 12].

  1. I. A low stool, footstool, cricket, Varr. L. L. 5, 35, 46 fin.; Cato, R. R. 10, 4; Vulg. Psa. 98, 5; id. Isa. 66, 1.
  2. II. Transf., an instrument of the nature of the castanet, played on by the foot, esp. used in dramatic representations, Cic. Cael. 27, 65; Suet. Calig. 54; Arn. 2, 73; Aug. Mus. 3 init.

scăber, bra, brum, adj., rough, scurfy, scabrous (esp. from uncleanness).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pectus illuvie scabrum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: manus, Ov. F. 4, 921: rubigine dentes, id. M. 8, 802: scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses, Luc. 1, 243; Suet. Aug. 79: unguis, Ov. A. A. 3, 276; Cels. 6, 19 fin.: scaber intonsusque homo, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90: tophus, Verg. G. 2, 214; Ov. H. 15, 141: robigo (pilorum), Verg. G. 1, 495 (cf.: scabies et robigo ferri, id. ib. 2, 220): cortex (opp. levis), Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: folia (opp. levia), id. 18, 7, 10, § 58: chartae, Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2: gemma, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 46, § 130: aspectus arboris, id. 12, 25, 54, § 114.
      Comp.: arbor myrrhae junipero, Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67.
    2. B. In partic., scabby, mangy, itchy: oves, Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140; Col. 7, 3, 10; Pall. 8, 2 Mai: genae, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239.
  2. II. Trop., rough, etc. (post-class.): versus (sc. veterum poëtarum), Macr. S. 6, 3 fin.

scăbĭdus, a, um, adj. [scabies], scabby, mangy, itchy (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: palpebrae, Marc. Emp. 8.
  2. II. Trop.: concupiscentia, Tert. Anim. 38.

scăbĭes, em, ē, f. [scabo], a roughness, scurf.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen. (very rare): ferri (with robigo), Verg. G. 2, 220 (cf.: scabra robigo pilorum, id. ib. 1, 495): mali, Juv. 5, 153: vetusta cariosae testae, filth, App. M. 9, p. 220, 11; cf. Vulg. Lev. 13, 6.
    2. B. In partic., as a disease, the scab, manage, itch, Cels. 5, 28, 16; Lucil. ap. Non. 160, 21; Cato, R. R. 5, 7; Col. 6, 13, 1; 6, 31, 2; 7, 5, 5; Verg. G. 3, 441; Juv. 2, 80; 8, 34; Hor. A. P. 453 et saep.
      Of plants, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 225; 19, 10, 57, § 176; 31, 3, 21, § 33.
      Scabies, the itch, personified and worshipped as a divinity, acc. to Prud. Ham. 220.
  2. II. Trop. (acc. to I. B.), an itching, longing, pruriency (very rare): cujus (voluptatis) blanditiis corrupti, quae naturā bona sunt, quia dulcedine hac et scabie carent, non cernunt satis, * Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 47; so, scabies et contagia lucri, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14: nos hac a scabie (sc. rodendi, detrectandi) tenemus ungues, Mart. 5, 60, 11; so of lust, id. 6, 37, 4; 11, 7, 6.

‡ scăbillārĭi, ōrum, m. [scabillum], players on the scabellum, Inscr. Orell. 2643; so ib. 4117.

scăbillum, i, v. scabellum.

* scăbĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [scabies], the scab, the itch, Aug. adv. Julian. 4, 13.

scăbĭōsus, a, um, adj. [scabies] (post-Aug.).

  1. I. Rough, scurfy: coralium, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 22: far, old, spoiled, Pers. 5, 74.
  2. II. Scabby, mangy: boves, Col.11,2,83: (homo), Pers. 2, 13: anguli (oculorum), Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 36: macies mulorum, App. M. 9, p. 223.

* scăbĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [scabies, II.), an itching, irritation.
Trop., of anger: omnem scabitudinem animi delere, sine cicatrice, Petr. 99, 2.

scăbo, scābi (no sup.), 3, v. a. [root skap-, skamp; Gr. σκάπτω, to dig; κάπετος, ditch; Lat. scaber, scabies], to scratch, to scrape (syn. rado): caput, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 6; Hor. S. 1, 10, 71: scaberat ut porcus contritis arbore costis, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 884 P.: aures pedibus posterioribus, Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 260: se, id. 8, 27, 41, § 99; 10, 74, 95, § 204: tellurem, id. 10, 71, 91, § 196: laminas (doliorum), id. 18, 26, 64, § 236.
Prov.: mutuum scabere, i. e. to praise one another, Symm. Ep. 1, 31 init.; Ennod. Ep. 1, 10.

* scā̆brātus, a, um, adj. [scaber], made rough, roughened: vitis, i. e. jagged by pruning it with a dull knife, Col. 4, 24, 22.

scā̆brēdo, ĭnis, f. [scaber, I. B.], a roughness of the skin, scabbiness, itch, mange, App. Herb. 73; Coripp. 4, 48; Hier. Vit. Hil. init.

scā̆brĕo, ēre, v. n. [scabo], to be scurfy, scabby, Enn. ap. Non. 169, 21 (Trag. Rel. p. 23 Rib.; Vahl. ad Enn. l. l. p. 106, reads scaprent); Pac. ap. Non. 152, 29 (l. l. p. 97 Rib.).

* scā̆bres, is, f. [scabo], the scab, the itch, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 20.

* scā̆brĭdus, a, um, adj. [scaber], rough, rugged: lingua robigine, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 7.

scā̆brĭtĭa, ae, and scā̆brĭtĭes, em, ē (in both forms post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Plin.), f. [scaber].

  1. I. In gen., roughness, ruggedness: digitorum, Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131: unguium, id. 28, 9, 37, § 139: linguae, id. 31, 9, 45, § 100: chartae levigatur dente, id. 13, 12, 25, § 81: corticis, id. 21, 4, 10, § 17: ferramentorum, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: arteriae, id. 27, 12, 105, § 130 et saep.
  2. * II. The scab, the itch, Col. 7, 5, 8.

scā̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [scaber], rough, scabrous: sorde, Prud. Psych. 106.

Scaea porta, ae, f., = Σκαιαὶ πύλαι, the Scœan (western, σκαιός) gate of Troy; Verg. A. 3, 351; Sil. 13, 73; also, acc. to the Greek, in the plur.: Scaeae portae, Verg. A. 2, 612.
As subst.: Scaeae, the Scœan gate: Astyanax Scaeis dejectus ab altis, Aus. Epit. Her. 15, 3.

scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = σκηνή.

  1. I. Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre: dum histrio in scaenă siet, Plaut. Poen. prol. 20: in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat, Cic. Brut. 84, 290: foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia, Plaut. Capt. prol. 60: cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est, Lucr. 2, 416: scaenaique simul varios splendere decores, id. 4, 983: scaenae magnificentia, Cic. Mur. 19, 38: nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus, id. N. D. 3, 27, 69: vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.
    Plur.: columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris, a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471: aut agitur res in scaenis, Hor. A. P. 179.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.
      2. 2. (Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence: at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur, Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. The public stage, the public: quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29: ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.
        Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one’s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.
      2. 2. Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.: ne quid scaenae deesset, Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15: scaenam ultro criminis parat, Tac. A. 14, 7 fin.
      3. 3. Appearance, character: scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens, App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.

scaenālis, e, adj. [scaena], of or belonging to the stage, scenic, theatrical (very rare for scaenicus): species, Lucr. 4, 77: frondes, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. 2, p. 48 Burm.

scaenārĭus, a, um, adj. [scaena], of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (late Lat. for scaenicus): artifices, i. e. players, Amm. 28, 4, 32: PICTOR, i. e. a scenepainter, Inscr. Murat. 948, 4.

* scaenātĭcus, i, m. [scaena], a stageplayer: ut comici, cinaedici, scaenatici, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 19.

* scaenātĭlis, e, adj. [scaena], for scenicus, of or belonging to the stage, Varr. ap Non. 176, 18 (an unintelligible passage).

scaenĭcē, adv., v. scaenicus fin.

† scaenĭcus (scen-), a, um, adj., = σκηνικός, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: poëtae, dramatic poets, Varr. L. L. 9, § 17 Müll.: artifices, players, actors, Cic. Arch. 5, 10; Suet. Caes. 84: actores, Quint. 6, 1, 26; 11, 3, 4: ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, in a gen. sense (opp. to games of wrestling, racing, etc.), Liv. 7, 2; 31, 4; 34, 54; Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 37; Suet. Calig. 26; id. Ner. 11; cf. operae (with gladiatoriae), id. Aug. 43: fabula, a drama, Amm. 28, 1, 4: organa, Suet. Ner. 44: coronae, id. ib. 53: habitus, id. ib. 38: gestus, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220: modulatio, Quint. 11, 3, 57: venustas, Cic. de Or. 3, 8, 30: decor quidam, Quint. 2, 10, 13: dicacitas (with scurrilis), id. 6, 3, 29: fortuna dubia, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 8: adulteria, represented on the stage, Ov. Tr. 2, 514.
    In the neutr.: quin etiam, quod est inprimis frivolum ac scaenicum, verbum petant (declamatores), quo incipiant, Quint. 10, 7, 21: nihil scaenicum apud Graecos pudori est, Liv. 24, 24; cf., with a subject-clause: complodere manus scaenicum est et pectus caedere, Quint. 11, 3, 123.
    1. B. Substt.
      1. 1. scaē-nĭcus, i, m., a player, actor, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114: orator plurimum aberit a scaenico (with comoedi), Quint. 1, 11, 3; Suet. Ner. 42 fin.
        Plur., Cic. Planc. 12, 30; id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 184; Quint. 11, 3, 158; Suet. Tib. 34; id. Ner. 11; 21 et saep.
        As a term of reproach applied to Nero (on account of his passion for the stage), a stage-hero, Tac. A. 15, 59.
      2. 2. scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.
  2. * II. Transf. (opp. to real, true, actual), fictitious, pretended: populus Romanus, invictus a veris regibus, ab illo imaginario et scaenico rege (sc. Andrisco) superatur, by that theatrical king, Flor. 2, 14, 4.
    * Adv.: scaenĭcē, theatrically, after the manner of players: cum aliqua velut scaenice fiunt, Quint. 6, 1, 38.

† scaenŏgrăphī̆a, ae, f., = σκηνογραφία, a drawing in perspective: scaenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio ad circinique centrum omnium linearum responsus, Vitr. 1, 2, 2 Rode. (Others read scĭāgrăphī̆a, σκιᾶγραφία, in the same signif.)

1. scaeva, ae, f., v. scaevus.

2. scaeva, ae, m. [scaevus], a lefthanded person, Dig. 21, 1, 12; cf. Scaevola.

3. Scaeva, ae, m. [2. scaeva], a Roman surname, e. g. D. Junius Brutus Scaeva, consul A. U. C. 429, Liv. 10, 43; 10, 47: Cassius Scaeva, a partisan of Cœsar, Caes. B. C. 3, 53; Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.

scaevĭtas, ātis, f. [scaevus, II.] (postclass.).

  1. I. Awkwardness, perverseness, unskilfulness, Gell. praef., § 20; 6, 2, 8: artium, Amm. 30, 4, 10.
  2. II. A mischance, misfortune, App. M. 3, p. 135, 27: fortunae, id. ib. 7, p. 189, 4: indignae rei, id. ib. 9, p. 221, 21.

Scaevŏla (in the Fast. Capit. also written Scaevŭla), ae, m. [prop. a dim. of 3. Scaeva, the Left-handed].

      1. 1. A surname of C. Mucius, who made his way into the camp of Porsenna to kill him, and, on being discovered, burned off his own right hand, Liv. 2, 12 sq.; Flor. 1, 10; Cic. Sest. 21, 48; Sil. 8, 386 al.
      2. 2. After his time, a frequent surname in the gens Mucia; so, P. Mucius Scaevola, consul A. U. C. 621, a friend of Tiberius Gracchus, Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 13 (cf. id. de Or. 2, 70, 285); id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Rep. 1, 19, 31.
      3. 3. Q. Mucius Scaevola, an augur, the most famous jurist of Cicero’s time, son-inlaw of C. Laelius, Cic. Lael. 1; id. Leg. 1, 4, 13; id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; id. Brut. 26, 101 sq.; 58, 212; Liv. Epit. 86; Vell. 2, 26; Flor. 3, 21.

† scaevus, a, um, adj. [kindred with Sanscr. savya, laevus, sinister, as the Gr. σκαιός and the Germ. schief, oblique], left, that is on the left, towards the left side (rare; most freq. in Appul.; syn. laevus, sinister).

  1. I. Lit.: itinera portarum, i. e. running from right to left, Vitr. 1, 5, 2: iter, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 351.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Awkward, perverse, stupid, silly: scaevus profecto et caecus animi forem, si, etc., Gell. 12, 13, 4: mulier, App. M. 9, p. 223, 22: scaevus iste Romulus, Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 41, 5 Dietsch: fabula, Paul. Nol. Carm. 11, 44.
    2. B. Of fortune, unfavorable, untoward, unlucky: fortunam scaevam an saevam verius dixerim, App. M. 2, p. 120, 21: praesagium, id. ib. 10, p. 247; 7, p. 194, 39.
      Sup.: scaevissimum somnium, App. M. 4, p. 154, 23.
      Hence, subst.: scaeva, ae, f., a sign or token in the sky (observed by a Roman on his left; v. laevus), an omen: bonae scaevae causă … Ea dicta ab scaevā id est sinistră, quod quae sinistra sunt, bona auspicia existimantur … a Graeco est, quod hi sinistram vocant σκαιάν, Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.; cf. Fest. p. 325 ib.: bona scaeva est mihi, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 39; so, bona, id. Stich. 5, 2, 24: canina scaeva, taken from the barking of a dog, id. Cas. 5, 4, 4.

scāla, ae (acc. to the ancient grammarians, not used in sing.; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, §§ 63 and 68; 10, § 54 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 16 Spald.; Charis. p. 20 P. p. 72 ib.; Diom. p. 315 ib. al.; but v. infra), f. [for scandla, from scando; cf. mala, from mando], mostly plur.: scālae, ārum, a flight of steps or stairs, a staircase; a ladder, scaling-ladder.

  1. I. Plur.
    1. A. Lit.: scalas dare alicui utendas, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10: scalarum gradus, the rounds of a ladder, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3: Romani scalis summă nituntur opum vi, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 168 Vahl.); Caes. B. G. 5, 43: scalas ponere, to fix, id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 40: scalas admovere, id. ib. 3, 63; 3, 80; Cic. Mil. 15, 40; id. Phil. 2, 9, 121: murum scalis aggredi, Sall. J. 57, 4; 60, 7; Verg. A. 9, 507; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15 et saep.: scalis habito tribus et altis, up three flights of stairs, Mart. 1, 118, 7.
      1. 2. In partic.: Scalae Gemoniae, v. Gemoniae.
    2. * B. Poet., transf., steps: haec per ducentas cum domum tulit scalas, Mart. 7, 20, 20.
  2. II. Sing. (post-class.).
    1. A. In gen., a ladder: scalam commodare ad ascendendum, Dig. 47, 2, 55 (54), § 4; cf. Aquil. Rom. p. 181 Ruhnk.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. Scala gallinaria, a hen-roost, i. e. a crossbar of like form, used for reducing a dislocated shoulder, Cels. 8, 15 med.
      2. 2. Of Jacob’s ladder, seen in his dream, Vulg. Gen. 28, 12; Hier. Ep. 3, § 4; 108, § 13.

scālārĭa, ium, v. scalaris.

‡ scālārĭi, ōrum, m. [scalae], stairmakers, Inscr. Orell. 4071.

scālāris, e, adj. [scalae], of or belonging to a flight of steps or a ladder: forma, Vitr. 5, 6 fin.; STRVCTIO, Inscr. Orell. 4570.
As subst.: scālārĭa, ĭum, n., a flight of stairs or steps, a staircase, Vitr. 5, 6, 3; also in the sing.: SCALARE, is, Inscr. Orell. 4750.

Scaldis, is, m., the Scheldt, a river of Gallia Belgica; acc. Scaldem, Caes. B. G. 6, 33 Oud. N. cr.: Scaldim, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 98; abl. Scalde, id. 4, 17, 31, or Scaldi, ib.

† scălēnus, a, um, adj., = σκαληνός; in mathematics, of a triangle, of unequal sides, scalene: figura geometrica, Aus. Idyll. 13, prooem. § 7.

† scalmus, i, m., = σκαλμός, a peg to which an oar was strapped; a thole, tholepin, Vitr. 10, 8 med.; Cic. Brut. 53, 197; id. de Or. 1, 38, 174; Vell. 2, 43, 1: venit (Canius) mature: scalmum nullum videt, not even a thole-pin, i. e. no trace of a boat, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59.

scalpellum, i, n. (collat. form scal-pellus, i, m., Cels. 2, 10 twice), dim. [scalprum], a small surgical knife, a scalpel, a lancet: scalpellum adhibere, Cic. Sest. 65, 135; id. Div. 2, 46, 96; Col. 6, 32, 3; Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 110; Veg. Vet. 1, 26, 2; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 4: scribae, a penknife, Vulg. Jer. 36, 23.

scalper, ri, v. scalprum.

scalpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [root skalp-; Gr. σκάλοψ, mole; Lat. talpa; cf. scalprum; also Gr. γλύφω].

  1. I. To cut, carve, scrape, scratch, engrave (class.; syn. caelo), said of surface work, = ξέειν; sculpo, of deeper work, high relief, or statuary, = γλύφω: ad pingendum, ad fingendum, ad scalpendum apta manus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: Phidiam tradunt scalpsisse marmora, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 15: marmora ac scyphos, id. 35, 11, 40, § 128 (Sillig, sculpsit): gemmas, id. 37, 10, 65, § 177: flores et acanthi eleganter scalpti, Vitr. 2, 7, 4.
    Poet.: sepulcro querelam, to carve, Hor. C. 3, 11, 52.
    Transf., to scratch: terram unguibus, to scratch, dig, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26; Col. 7, 5, 6: exulceratam verrucam, Suet. Dom. 16: nates, Pompon. ap. Non. 516, 26: caput uno digito, Juv. 9, 133: scalpendo tantum ferreis unguibus, Plin. 13, 7, 14, § 56.
  2. * II. Trop., in mal. part., to tickle, titillate: tremulo scalpuntur ubi intima versu, Pers. 1, 21.

* scalprātus, a, um, adj. [scalprum], having a sharp or cutting edge: ferramentum, Col. 9, 15, 9.

scalprum, i, n. (collat. form scalper, ri, m., Cels. 8, 3) [scalpo], a sharp cutting instrument; a chisel, knife, etc., of sculptors, husbandmen, shoemakers, surgeons, etc., Liv. 27, 49; Col. 4, 25, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 106; Cels. 8, 3 sq.; Sen. Ep. 65, 13.
A penknife, Tac. A. 5, 8; Suet. Vit. 2.
Of a pruning-knife, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 119.

scalptor, ōris, m. [scalprum], a cutter, graver in metal or stone (cf. sculptor), Vell. 1, 17, 4; Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 134; 36, 6, 5, § 44; 37, 4, 15, § 60.

scalptōrĭum, ii, n. [scalprum], an instrument for scratching one’s self, in the form of a hand, Mart. 14, 83 in lemm.

scalptūra, ae, f. [scalprum].

  1. I. A cutting, carving, or graving in stone: gemmarum, Plin. 37, 7, 30, § 104; Suet. Galb. 10.
    Plur., Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 173.
  2. II. Concr., a graved figure, a sculpture: Zophori scalpturis ornati, Vitr. 4, 1, 2; 2, 9, 9; 3, 3, 10.

* scalptŭrīgo (scalpŭrīgo), ĭnis, f. [scalpturio], a scratching, Sol. 32 med.

* scalptūrĭo (scalpūrĭo, Non. 171, 32), īre, v. desid. n. [scalpo], to scratch, claw: occoepit (gallus) ibi scalpturire ungulis circumcirca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 8.

Scămander, dri, m., = Σκάμανδρος.

  1. I. A river in Troas, the Scamander, now the Bunar-bashi Tchai, Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Enn. ap. Non. 467, 31 (Trag. v. 214 Vahl.); Hor. Epod. 13, 14 al.; Cat. 64, 357.
    Called Xanthus, from its red color, Verg. A. 1, 473; Ov. M. 2, 245.
    Hence, adj.: Scămandrĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the river Scamander: unda, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 1 (Trag. Fragm. v. 322 Rib.).
  2. II. A freedman of the Fabricii, Cic. Clu. 16, 47; Quint. 11, 1, 74.
    Hence, Scămandrĭa, ae, f., a town on the Scamander, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124.

† scambus, a, um, adj., = σκαμβός, bow-legged, bandy-legged (pure Lat. varus), Suet. Oth. 12.

scămellum, i, v. scamillus.

scămillus, i, m. (acc. to Prisc. p. 615 P., scămellum, i, n.) dim. [scamnum], a little bench or stool: impares, i. e. unequal projections or steps on the pedestals of columns, Vitr. 3, 4, 5; 5, 9, 4; App. 615 P.

scamma, ătis, n., = σκάμμα, a wrestling-place in the Palaestra.

  1. I. Lit. (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 fin.; Hier. Joann. Hieros. 16; id. Ep. 61, 5; Ambros. Off. 1, 16.
  2. * II. Trop., a wrestling, a contest, Tert. adv. Martyr. 3; cf. harena. II.

† scammōnĕa, ae, f., = σκαμμωνία, scammony, Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54.
Also scammōnĕum, i, n., Cato, R. R. 157, 12: scammōnĭa, ae, f., Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90; 26, 9, 60, § 93; Veg. 3, 6, 9; Scrib. Comp. 140: scammōnĭum, i, n., Plin. 26, 8, 38, § 59.

scammōnĕum, i, v. scammonea.

scammōnĭa, ae, v. scammonea.

† scammōnītes, ae, m., = σκαμμωνίτης (SC. οἶνος), wine seasoned with scammony, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.

scammōnĭum, ii, v. scammonea.

scamnātus, a, um, adj. [scamnum, II. B.]; in the agrimensores: ager, a field whose breadth (or measurement from east to west) is greater than its length, Aggen. p. 46 Goes.

scamnum, i, n. [for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio], a bench, stool, step, etc.

  1. I. In gen.: quă simplici scansione scandebant in lectum non altum, scabellum; in altiorem, scamnum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 2, 211; 1, 162: longis considere scamnis, id. F. 6, 305; Cels. 2, 15: sedere in scamnis equitum, Mart. 5, 41, 7.
    Of horizontal branches of trees serving as seats, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 10: ramorum, id. 17, 23, 35, § 201.
    Poet., a throne: regni stabilita scamna solumque, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.).
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. In agriculture, a bank or ridge of earth left in ploughing, a balk (cf.: lira, porca), Col. 2, 2, 25; 2, 4, 3; 3, 13, 10; id. Arb. 12, 2; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179.
    2. B. In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.

† scandălizo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = σκανδαλιζω, to cause to stumble, tempt to evil (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Virg. Vel. 3; id. Cor. Mil. 14; id. adv. Marc. 15, 18 fin.; Vulg. Mal. 2, 8; id. Matt. 5, 30.

† scandălum, i, n., = σκάνδαλον, that which causes one to stumble, a stumblingblock (eccl. Lat.).

  1. * I. Lit., Prud. Apoth. 47 praef.
  2. II. Trop., an inducement to sin, a temptation, cause of offence, Tert. Virg. Vel. 3; id. adv. Jud. 14; id. adv. Marc. 3, 1; Vulg. Psa. 118, 165; id. 1 Johan. 2, 10.

Scandĭa, ae, f., v. Scandinavia.

Scandĭānus, a, um, adj., named from one Scandius: mala, Col. 5, 10, 19; Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50; Cels. 4, 19.

Scandila, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., an island near Eubœa, now Skantzoura, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 72 (al. Scandira); Mel. 2, 7.

Scandĭnāvĭa, ae, f., a large and fruitful island in Northern Europe; acc. to some, Zealand; acc. to others, Schonen, Mel. 3, 6, 7; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 96; 8, 15, 16, § 39.
Also called Scandĭa, Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104.

† scandix, īcis, f., = σκάνδιξ, the herb chervil: Scandix caerefolium, Linn.; Plin. 21, 15, 52, § 89; 22, 22, 38, § 81.

scando (no perf. or sup.; cf.: ascendo, descendo, etc.), 3, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root skand-, to climb; cf. Gr. σκάνδαλον, σκανδάληθρον].

  1. I. Act., to climb, mount, clamber or get up; to ascend.
    1. A. Lit. (rare but class.): cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, etc., * Cic. Sen. 6, 17: arcem et Capitolium, Liv. 3, 68, 7; 4, 2 fin.; cf.: in curru Capitolium (of a triumphal entry), id. 45, 39: curru Capitolia, Luc. 9, 600: moenia, Liv. 22, 14 Drak. N. cr.: muros, id. 5, 21: tectum scalis, Plin. 14, 1, 2, §9: equum, Verg. A. 2, 401: bracchia longa Theseae viae, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24: cubile, id. 4 (5), 4, 90: puppim, Val. Fl. 8, 8: cymbam (Charontis), Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24 et saep.
      In mal. part., Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 22.
      Poet.: scandit fatalis machina muros, Verg. A. 2, 237.
    2. B. Trop. (only in the poets and in late prose): paulatim gradus aetatis scandere adultae, Lucr. 2, 1123: scandit aeratas vitiosa naves Cura, Hor. C. 2, 16, 21.
      Hence, in the grammarians: scandere versus, qs. to climb up, i. e. to measure or read by its feet, to scan; cf. in a sarcastic double sense, of a gouty person: scandere qui nescis, versiculos laceras, Claud. Epigr. 29, 2.
  2. II. Neutr., to mount, rise, arise, ascend (not freq. till after the Aug. period).
    1. A. Lit.: cum scandit et instat, climbs the wall, Lucr. 3, 651: scandenti circa ima labor est: ceterum quantum processeris, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 78: scandere in aggerem, Liv. 3, 67, 11: in domos superas, Ov. F. 1, 298: in adversum, Quint. 11, 3, 54: ad nidum volucris (feles), Phaedr. 2, 4, 6: per conjuncta aedificia, Tac. H. 3, 71: super iteratam testudinem, id. ib. 3, 28.
      1. 2. Transf., of things: scandentisque Asisi consurgit vertice murus, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 125: in tecta jam silvae scandunt, Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47: aquae in sublime, id. 31, 1, 1, § 2: sol ad aquilonem, id. 18, 28, 68, § 264.
    2. B. Trop.: timor et minae Scandunt eodem, quo dominus, Hor. C. 3, 1, 38: supra principem scandere, Tac. H. 4, 8.

scandŭla (later form scindŭla, as if from scindo), ae, f. dim. [scando], a shingle for a roof (so named from their rising, like steps, one above the other); mostly plur., Hirt. B. G. 8, 42 init.; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 36; 16, 10, 18, § 42; Col. 8, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 1; Isid. 19, 19, 7; Pall. 1, 22.

‡ scandulaca genus herbae frugibus inimicae, quod eas velut hedera implicando necat, Fest. p. 330.

* scandŭlāris, e, adj. [scandula], shingled, shingle-: tectum, App. M. 3, p. 137, 2.

* scandŭlārĭus, ii, m. [scandula], a shingler, Dig. 50, 6, 6.

scansĭlis, e, adj. [scando], that may be climbed.

  1. I. Lit.: ficus, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84: gradus superiores scansiles, Schol. Juv. 7, 45; Amm. 16, 10, 14.
  2. * II. Trop.: lex annorum, i. e. the law of critical years (placed at certain distances or steps from each other) or climacterics, Plin. 7, 49, 50, § 161.

scansĭo, ōnis, f. [scando], a climbing up (very rare).

  1. * I. Lit.: quā simplici scansione scandebant in lectum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.
  2. II. Trop.: sonorum, a rising or elevation of tones of the voice, Vitr. 6, 1.
    In gram., a metrical reading or scanning of verse, scansion, Beda, p. 2368 P.; Diom. 494 sq. P.

* scansōrĭus, a, um, adj. [scando], of or for climbing: genus machinarum, Vitr. 10, 1.

Scantĭa silva, v. Scantius, A.

Scantĭānus, a, um, v. Scantius, B.

Scantīnĭus (Scātīnĭus), i, m., a Roman name.

      1. a. P. Scantinius, a pontifex, Liv. 23, 21 fin.—b. C. Scantinius Capitolinus, a tribune of the people, Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.
        Hence, adj.: Scantīnĭus (Scātīn-), a, um, the Lex Scantinia (Scātīnĭa) de nefandă Venere is named after one Scantinius, a tribune of the people, otherwise unknown, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; 8, 14, 4; Suet. Dom. 8; Juv. 2, 44; Tert. Monog. 12; Prud. στεφ. 10, 203.
        Form Scatinia, Aus. Epigr. 89, 4.

Scantĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. So, Scantia, a woman abused by Clodius, Cic. Mil. 27, 75.
Hence,

  1. A. Scantĭus, a, um, adj., Scantian: silva, in Campania, Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3; 3, 4, 15: aquae, perh. in the same place, Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 240.
  2. B. Scantĭānus, a, um, adj., Scantian: mala, Cato, R. R. 7, 3; 7, 143 fin.; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 1; Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50 (Jahn, Scandianus): vitis, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 47.

† scăpha, ae, f. [ = σκάφη; cf. scabo], a light boat, a skiff (cf.: lembus, cymba): de navi timidae desiluerunt in scapham, Plaut. Rud. prol. 75; 1, 2, 74; 1, 2, 76; 1, 2, 84; 2, 3, 36; 2, 3, 38; Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 535, 11; Liv. 44, 42: biremis, * Hor. C. 3, 29, 62: piscatoria, Just. 2, 13, 9 et saep.; Vulg. Act. 27, 16.

† scăphē, ēs, f., = σκάφη, a concave sundial, Vitr. 9, 9.

† scăphĭum (scăpĭum), ii, n., = σκάφιον.

  1. I. In gen., a concave vessel or basin in the form of a boat (cf. cymbium), Lucr. 6, 1046; Vitr. 8, 1 med.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A drinking-vessel in the form of a boat, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 11; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37; 2, 4, 24, § 54.
    2. B. A chamber-pot, Mart. 11, 11, 6; Juv. 6, 264; Dig. 34, 2, 27 fin.
    3. C. A concave sundial, Mart. Cap. 6, § 597.
    4. D. The reservoir of a water -clock, Vitr. 9, 8, 5.

scăphŭla, ae, f. dim. [scapha], a little boat or skiff, Veg. Mil. 3, 7; Paul. Nol. Ep. 49, 1.
Used as a bath-tub, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11, 95; 2, 40, 232.

Scaptēsŭla (Scaptensŭla), ae, f., = Σκαπτησύλη, a town in Thrace, celebrated for its silver mines, Lucr. 6, 810; cf. Fest. p. 330 Müll.

Scaptĭa, ae, f., a very ancient town in Latium, now Passerano, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68.
Hence, Scaptĭus, a, um, adj., of Scaptia, Scaptian: tribus, Liv. 8, 17 fin.
Hence, Scaptĭensis, e, adj., of the Scaptian tribe: tribules, Suet. Aug. 40.

1. Scăpŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. A partisan of Pompey, the main instigator of the Spanish war, Auct. B. Hisp. 33; Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 1.
  2. II. A usurer in the time of Cicero, Cic. Quint. 4, 17.
    Hence, Scă-pŭlānus, a, um, adj., named after one Scapula: horti, Cic. Att. 12, 40, 4.

2. scăpŭla, ae, f., a kind of vine, = vennucula, q. v., Plin. 14, 2, 6, § 34.

3. scăpŭla, ae, f., v. scapulae fin.

scăpŭlae, ārum, f., the shoulder-blades, in men and animals.

  1. I. Lit., Cels. 8, 1 med.; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155; 30, 14, 43, § 125; Ov. A. A. 3, 273; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The shoulders, back, in gen.: qui saepe ante in nostras scapulas cicatrices indiderunt, have cut me over the shoulders, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 7; 2, 2, 49; id. Cas. 5, 3, 14; id. Ep. 1, 2, 22; id. Poen. 1, 1, 25; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Trin. 4, 3, 2; id. Truc. 4, 3, 19; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 26; Sen. Ira, 3, 12, 5: pro scapulis cum dicit Cato, significat pro injuriă verberum. Nam complures leges erant in cives rogatae, quibus sanciebatur poena verberum, etc., Fest. p. 234 Müll.
    2. B. Of inanim. things: machinae, shoulder-pieces, cheeks, Vitr. 10, 3: montium, the higher ridges, Tert. Pall. 2.
    3. C. Sing.: scăpŭla, ae, the shoulder (late Lat.): panem imposuit scapulae ejus, Vulg. Gen. 21, 14; id. Zach. 7, 11.

scăpŭlāni horti, v. Scapula.

† scapus, i, m. [root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft], a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc.

  1. I. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.
    2. B. A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.
    3. C. A weaver’s yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.
    4. D. The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.
    5. E. The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.
  3. F. The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin.
  4. G. The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.
  5. H. The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.
  6. K. = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.

† scărăbaeus, i, m., = σκαράβειος σκάραβος), a beetle, scarab, scarabee, Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 97; 30, 11, 30, § 99; Aus. Epigr. 70, 10.

scardĭa, ae, f., a plant, also called aristolochia, App. Herb. 19.

Scardus (Scordus), i, m., a mountain in Illyria, now Sharradagh or Tchardagh, Liv. 43, 20.

scărīfātĭo (scărīphātĭo; later collat. form scărīfĭcātĭo, Veg. 4, 21, 1), ōnis, f. [scarifo], a scratching open; of the skin, a scarifying, Col. 6, 12, 1; 6, 17, 1; 6, 17, 4; Veg. 4, 21, 1.
Of the bark of a tree, Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251.
Of the ground for planting, Plin. 18, 16, 39, § 140.

† scărīfĭco, v. scarifo-.

scărīfo (-īpho; later collat. form scă-rīfĭco, Pall. 4, 10, 28; cf. pass. scarifio, Scrib. 262 dub.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = σκᾰρῖφάομαι, to scratch open, scarify: gingivas, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79: truncum arboris, Pall. Mart. 10, 28: sinapi compressum, Col. 12, 57, 1: dentes, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179; cf. id. 30, 3, 8, § 21.

† scărītis, ĭdis, f., = σκαρῖτις, a precious stone, resembling in color the fish scarus, Plin. 37, 11, 72, § 187.

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