ceretur, a nostris saxifragmn appellatum 
crediderim. Hence, this herb is called 
saxifruga by Seven. Samm. and Jipul. 
EAXIGkbfOS (saxum & gigno), a, um, adj. 
3 bom or sprung from rocks or stones. 
Prudent. 
SAXITAS (saxum), atis, f. the nature or 
3 hardness of stone or roclc. Ccel. Atirel. 
SAX5, onis, m. a Saxon. Claudian.— Plur. 
Saxones, the Saxons, a German nation 
living in the northern part of Germany 
about the modern Holstein, Sleswiclc, &c. 
SaXoSITaS (saxosus), atis, f. the nature 
3 or hardness of rock. Ccel. Aurel. 
SAXoSOS (saxum), a, um, adj. full of 
2 rocks or stones, stony, rocky, ircr/Hodr/s. 
Colum. loca. Virg. valles. Id. montes. 
Plin. Saxosa, sc. loca. -If Also, 
found in stones or rocks. Plin. frutex. 
Id. Euphrates, h. e. inter or per saxa 
defluens. Virg. Hypanis saxosum so- 
nans, h. e. sounding between rocks. 
SAXOLUM (dimin. of saxum), i, n. a lit- 
1 tie rock or stone, XitiicrKug, ncrpoStov. Cic. 
SAXUM (unc.), i, n. a rock, irtrya. Virg. 
Tot congesta manu prteruptis oppida 
saxis. Liv. Tarpeium. Cic. sacrum, h.e. 
a rock near the Aventine mountain, which 
was sacred because it was near the temple 
of Bona dea, and was called simply 
saxum. Ovid. Past. 5, 150. Virg. 
Saxa latentia, h. e. rocks under water. 
Particularly the rock on the Capitoline 
mountain, from which malefactors 
were precipitated, and which is other¬ 
wise called rupes Tarpeia, was simply 
called saxum. Cic. and Horat. —- Hence, 
Saxa rubra, a certain place. (See Ru¬ 
ber .)— Saxa, rocky, stony places. Mar¬ 
tial. Ligurum. — Terent. Saxum vol- 
vere, h. e. to trouble one’s self with any 
thing, like Sisyphus with his rock in the 
lower regions.-IT Also, a stone, par¬ 
ticularly a large stone. Cic. Saxa ja- 
cere. Liv. ingerere. Ovid. In saxo 
sedi. Cic. Ex spelunca saxum in crura 
incidisse. Hence, Saxum silex, a 
flint-stone. Vitruv. and Liv. Victims 
used to be slain with a flint-stone. 
Hence, Plaut. Esse inter sacrum et 
saxum, 7i. e. to be in the greatest danger, 
difficulty or embarrassment. —-Hence, a 
stone-wall. Ovid. Fast. 3,431. — Also, 
the stone foundation of a building. Liv. 
6, 4. Capitolium quadrato saxo sub- 
structum est. — Also, a kind of Cimo- 
lian chalk (creta Cimolia). Plin. 35,57, 
our fuller’s earth, which is found in 
large layers. 
SAXOoSOS, a, um,adj. same as Saxosus. 
Sicul. Flacc. 
SCaBeLLUM, and, incorrectly, SCXBIL- 
LUM (dimin. of scamnum), i, n. a 
little bench, footstool, vnmr6&iov, §pa- 
viov. -IT Also, a kind of musical instru¬ 
ment, which by the pressure of the foot 
always gave the same tone. They danced 
to it on the stage ; and it seems to have 
been used for giving notice that an act 
of a play was finished or beginning. Cic. 
SCXBER (scabo), abra, abrurn, adj. rough, 
2 not smooth, rpdxvi- Ovid, and Cels. 
unguis. Virg. tophus. Plin. gemma. 
Id. folia. Id. Arbor scabro aspectu. 
Id. Arbor scabrior. Horat. homo, h. e. 
not dressed. Hence, Virg. Robigo sca- 
bra. — Hence, figur. rough. Macrob. 
versus, h. e. rough, not elegant, not pol¬ 
ished. -IT Also, scabby, scabbed, scabi¬ 
ous, ifjiopaiSris. Colum. oves. 
SCaBIDOS (scabies), a, um, adj. scabby. 
3 Marcell. Empir. — Figur. Tertull. con- 
cupiscentia, h. e. bad. 
BCXBIeS (scabo), ei, f. a roughness of the 
1 skin with an itching, a scab, the itch, 
mange, \ptopa. Cels. Scabies est durities 
cutis rubicunda, ex qua pustules oriun- 
tur, qusedam humidiores, qutedam sic- 
ciores. Exit ex quibusdam sanies, fit- 
que ex his continuata exulceratio pru- 
riens. Colum. Oves infestantur scabie. 
Plin. canum, pecorum. Horat mala, 
h. e. according to some, the leprosy, 
which is also by Tacit. Hist. 5, 4, called 
scabies. — Also, the scab, a disease of 
trees and plants. Plin. - IT Also, 
roughness of any thing, want of smooth¬ 
ness. Virg. Nec scabie, et salsa kedit 
robigine ferrum, roughness. Apul. Sca- 
biem vetustam carios® test®, occipit 
exsculpere, h. e.filth. —.-IT Also, figur. 
an itching, allurement, attraction. Cic. 
Leg. 1, 17. Quia dulcedine hac et 
scabie carent. Horat. lucri, h. e. an 
itching desire to have. — Particularly, a 
strong desire for debauchery. Martial. 
SCXBILLUM. See Scabellum. 
SCXBIOLX (dimin. of scabies), *, f. 
3 Augustin. Salvos eos facit non a pecca- 
tis, sed a scabiolis. 
SCaBIoSOS (scabies), a, um, adj. scabby, 
2 scabbed, covered with scabs, mangy, itchy, 
scabious, ipcopcoSys- Colum. bos. Pers. 
homo. - H Also, rough, rugged, 
rpaxvs • Plin. curalium. Pers. far, 
h. e. bad, spoiled, worm-eaten. 
SCXBITuHS (scabies), Inis, f. scabbiness, 
2 manginess, itch. — Figur. Petron. Om- 
nem scabitudinem animo delere, h. e. 
anger. 
SCXB5(from k&/3cj, Kairio, aKcnrrto), is, hi, 
2 a. 3. to scratch, rub, Kvdopai. Horat.cn- 
put. fyin. aures pedibus.-IT Also, to 
scratch, scratch off or away. Plin. Lami- 
nas scabeudo purgare, h. e. by scraping. 
-IT Also, to scratch, scratch out. Plin. 
Pedibus tellurem scabere non cessant. 
SCXBRATOS, a, um. See Scabro. 2 
SCXBReDS (scaber), inis, f. roughness 
3 of the skin, scabbiness. Apul. 
SCXBReS (Id.), ei, f. same as Scabritia. 
3 Pacuv. 
SCXBRIDOS (scabres), a, um, adj. rough. 
3 Venant. Fortun. 
SCXBRITIX, ®, and SCXBRITIeS (sca- 
2 ber), ei, f. roughness, unevenness, rug¬ 
gedness, want of smoothness, rpaxvrris. 
Plin. chart®. Id. corticis. Id. ungui¬ 
um. Id. ferramentorum, rustiness. - 
IT Also, the scab, itch, ipaipa. Colum. 
Seabritiem tollere. 
SCXBRS (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
make rough. Colum. Vitis scabrata, h. c. 
made rough by pruning it with a dull 
knife. 
SCXBR5SGS (Id.), a, um, adj. rough. 
3 Prudent. 
SCiEa, ®, f. See Scceus. 
SCATNX, ®, f. See Scena. 
SCiEtJS (ovcaioj), a, um, adj. same as 
Sccevus. Virg. porta, h. e. a gate of 
Troy, the western gate. 
SCA3VX (sc®vus), ®, m. one who uses his 
3 left hand instead of his right, one who is 
left-handed, ckcuos. Pandect. 
SCA3VA (Id.), ®, f. an omen, augury, 
3 whether fortunate or not. Plaut. bona. 
Id. canina, h. e. an omen taken from 
meeting a dog. 
SCTEVITaS (Id.), atis, f. perverseness, 
3 pravity, stupidity, aKaidryg. Gell. - 
11 Also, an unhappy condition, misfortune, 
mishap. Apul. 
SCAEVOLX (dimin. of Sc®va), ®, m. 
one who uses his left hand instead of his 
right, one who is left-handed. This was 
a family name of the gens Mucia. Q. 
Mucius Sc®vola was a great lawyer. 
The first of this name, C. Mucius Sc»- 
vola, was a soldier, who went to kill 
in his camp Porsena, king of Etruria, 
who was then carrying on war against 
Rome ; but, by mistake, he killed an¬ 
other. Enraged at himself, he pun¬ 
ished this fault of his right hand by 
thrusting it into the fire ; hence, he 
became left-handed, and received the 
surname Sc®vola, which he bequeathed 
to his posterity. 
SCiEVtiS (a-xaids), a, um, adj. left. Vi- 
2 truv. itinera, h. e. oblique from the left 
side. Serv. iter. - II Also, lucky, 
fortunate. Varr. comitia. Lightning 
on the left side, or on the side towards 
the east, was considered a favorable 
omen by the Romans.-IT Also, of 
persons, awkward, stupid } silly, perverse. 
Gell. - IT Also, of things, unlucky, 
sad. Apul. Somnium semvissimum. Id. 
fortuna. Id. eventus. 
SCALX (scando), arum, f. a ladder, stair, 
pair of stairs, staircase, nXipaf Pandect. 
Qui scalam sciens commodaverit ad 
adscendendum. Cels, gallinaria. But 
the plural scalce occurs much more fre¬ 
quently, and is used of several ladders 
or stairs as well as of a single ladder. 
Of several. Sallust. Murum modo suf- 
fodere, modo scabs aggredi, to scale. 
F.nn. ap. Macrob. Romani scabs sum- 
ma nituntur opum vi, endeavor to take 
the place by escalade. Cats. Mibtes posi- 
tis scabs muros ascendunt, scale tin 
wall. Id. Scalas admovere, to fix, rear, 
apply. Tacit, apponere. Also, used 
in ships as a kind of bridge for stepping 
out. Virg. Forte ratis celsi conjuncta 
crepidine saxi expositis stabat scabs, et • 
ponte parato. So, also, Liv. 26, 45. 
Also, of a single ladder. Cic. Cum 
se file fugiens in scalarum tenebras 
abdidisset, under a staircase. Horat. 
In scabs latuit. metuens pendentis ha- 
ben®. Martial. Scabs habito tribus, sed 
altis, li. e. up three flights of stairs, in the 
garret. -IT Also, the step of a ladder 
or pair of stairs. Martial. H®c per du- 
centas cum domum tulit scalas, &c. 
——IT Seal® Gemoni®. See Gemnnius. 
SCALARTS (scala), e, adj. of or belong- 
2 ing to a ladder or stair. Vitruv. forma, 
h. e. the shape of a ladder. — Hence, Id. 
scalaria, h. e. seal® (unless this be 
from sealarlum). 
SCALDIS, is, m. the river Scheldt. Cxs. 
and Plin. 
SCaLeNOS (aKu\yvds), a, um, adj. un- 
3 equal, of unequal sides, as, a scalene 
triangle. Auson. 
SCALMOS (anaXpos), i, m. i round piece 
of wood, called a tliowl, to which an oar 
was tied. Cic. and Vitruv. — Hence, 
an oar. Cic. Navicula duorum scalmo- 
rum. — Also, a boat, bark. Cic. Seal- 
mum nullum videt. 
SCaLPeLLS (scalpellum), as, a. 1. to 
scratch or make a slight incision with a 
lancet, little knife, or any other surgical 
instrument. Veget. 
SCALPeLLUM, i, n. and SCALPeLLBS 
(dimin. of scalprum, or scalper), i, in. 
a small, sharp instrument for cutting, par¬ 
ticularly, a surgical instrument for open- 
in <r a vein or cutting away dead flesh, &c. 
a^lancet, scalpel, little knife , crpiXiav, 
0A tSoropov. Cic. Scalpellum. Cels. 
Si timide scalpellus dimittitur, suin- 
mam cutem lacerat, neque venam in- 
cidit, h. e. a lancet. 
SCALPER (scalpo), pri, m. same as Scal¬ 
prum. Cels. 
SCALPS (yXde/io}), is, psi, ptum, a. 3._ to 
cut, carve, grave, engrave, yXatpoi, kvoio, 
as an image in marble, or the marble 
itself. Cic. Ad pingendum, ad fingen- 
dum, ad scalpendum, apta manus est. 
Horat. sepulcro querelam. Plin. l’hi- 
diam tradunt scalpsisse marmora. Id. 
Scalpere Alexandrum in gemma. Id. 
Scalpere gemmas. Also, in wood, to 
cut, carve. Vitruv. Capita leonina. 
-IT Also, to scrape, rub, scratch, claw. 
Juvenal, digito caput. Plin. dentes. 
Horat. terram unguibus. Pallad. strata, 
/(. e. to dig up a little. Colum. Vitiosum 
locum pecudes aut morsu seal punt, h. e. 
bite at it. — Also, figur. to tickle. Pers. 
Scalpunturintima versu.-II Pompon. 
ap. Non. Scalpere abcui nates, h. e. 
virgis c®dere. 
SCALPRATOS (scalprum), a, um, adj. 
2 having a Scalprum, or formed like a point¬ 
ed instrument for cutting, KoXanrypoeidfiS. 
Colum. 
SCALPRUM (scalpo), i, n. a sharp instnir 
2 ment for cutting, txpiXy, KoXanryp. — 
Hence, an awl or paring-knife used by 
shoemakers. Horat. Si scalpra et for¬ 
mas non sutor, &c. h. e. paring-knives. 
— Also, an instrument used by sculptors , 
stone-masons, &c. Liv. fabrile, h. e. a 
chisel. — Also, an instrument used bij 
vine-dressers and gardeners. Plin. Cor¬ 
tices scalpro excidi, h. e. a pruning- 
knife, hedge-bill. Colum. cabs the fore¬ 
part of a pruning-knife scalprum. — Al¬ 
so, a knife or any other sharp instrument 
used by surgeons. Cels. Scalpro dera- 
dere. Id. Ad manum scalprumque ve¬ 
nire. Id. Scalpro piano excidere, a 
lancet. — Also, a penknife. Tacit. Fe- 
tito per speciem studiorum scalpro, 
levem ictum venis intulit. Sueton. 
Scalpro bbrario venas sibi incidit. 
SCALPT6R (Id.), oris, m. a graver, cut- 
2 ter in metal or stone, KoXanrys- 
marmorum. . 
SCALPToRIUM (Id.), ii, n. an vistru- 
3 ment for scratching or rubbing. Martial. 
SCALPTuRX (Id.), ffi, f. a graving oi 
2 carving; sculpture, yXv<j>r\. Plin. ~~ 
IT Also, a figure graved, carved wois. 
Vitruv., Plin. and Suet 
