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SCaLPTCRTGS, or SCaLPORIGS (from 
3 scalpo, or scalpturio), inis, f. a. scratch¬ 
ing, scratching gently, rubbing, tickling, 
or a pleasing sensation arising from 
scratching the skin when it itches. Solin. 
SCALPTORra, or SCALPORrS (deside- 
3 rat. of scalpo), is, a. 4. to scratch, claw, 
xvaw, xi/fjSo), xvigw. Plant. 
SCALPTORS (scalptura), as, avi, atum, 
a. 1. to adorn with carved work, engra¬ 
vings, &c. Plin. 
SCALPTOS, a, um. See Scalpo. 
SCALPORiGQ. See Scalpturigo. 
SC ALPORT 8. See Scalpturio. 
SCAMaNDER {’Zxapavtipog), dri, m. a 
river of Troas. Catull. 
SCAMBOS (cKtipfJdg), a, um, adj. crooked- 
2 legged, bow-legged, with shambling legs, 
rTKap/36;. Sact.on. 
SCXMTLLOS (dimin. ofscamnum), i, m. 
2 properly, a footstool, a little bench. — 
Hence, figur. Vitruv. Scamilli impares, 
h. e. unequal projections or the steps on the 
pedestals of columns. 
SCAMMX {axappa), atis, n. properly, a 
3 ditch. — Hence, a place for wrestling, 
surrounded with a ditch. Plieron. - 
H AlsOj^ a wrestling, contest. Tertull. 
SCaMMeLLUM (dimin. of scamnum), i, 
n. a little bench or footstool. Jlpul. ap. 
Prise. 3. (Some read scamnellum, or sea 
milium.) 
SCaMMoNIA, or SCaMMoNEX (ocag- 
pania), re, f. scammony (Convolvulu 
Scammonia, L.). Cic. and Plin. — 
Hence, ScammonTuni,orScammoneum, 
the juice of its root. Cato and Plin. 
SCaMMoNITeS (oKappoovLTiyg olvog), re, 
m. wine seasoned with the juice of scam¬ 
mony. Plin. 
SCaMMoNIUM. See Scammonia. 
SCaMNaTOS (scamnum), a, um, adj. 
3 Jlggen. ager, h. e. having its furrows 
across or from east to west. 
SCAMNOLUM (dimin. of scamnum), i, 
n. a little bench. Diomed. 
SCaMNUM (scando), i, n. a bench, stool, 
2 footstool , (3a$rpnv, vironoSiov. Ovid. - 
IF Also, a bench, scat, Spaiiog. Ovid. 
Ante focos olim longis considere scam- 
nis mos erat. Martial. Sedere in scam- 
nis equitum, h. e. the knights’ seats in 
the theatre. — Also, of trees, when their 
thick, long branches form a bench, and 
serve for a seat. Plin. Cujus Princeps 
in Veliterno rure miratus unius platani, 
tabulata, laxeque ramorum trabibus 
scamna patula. — Hence, figur. Enn. 
Scamna regni, h. e. a royal scat, throne, 
kingdom. — Also, a bank or ridge of 
earth, a balk, the soil left unploughcd in a 
■ploughed field. Colum. Aratrum scam- 
na facit. Plin. Scamna inter duos sul- 
cos cruda ne relinquantur. — Also, in 
a vineyard, the space between two furroios, 
m which the vines are placed. Colum. 
Intermissis totidem pedum scamnis, 
nonec peragant ordinem. — Also, the 
breadth of afield; {the length was called 
striga). Jluct. rei agrar. ap. Goes. 
“CaNDALiZS (oxavSaXigco), as, avi, 
3 atum, a. 1. to scandalize, in a theological 
sense, give offence, tempt to evil. Tertull. 
SCaNDXLUM {axdvSaXov), i, n. that 
•I upon which a person stumbles or may stum¬ 
ble in walking-, stumbling-block. Pru¬ 
dent. —. if Figur. with ecclesiastical 
writers, an offence or an inducement to 
sin. Tertull. 
SCANDIaNCS (Scandins), a, um, adj. 
called after a certain Scandius, Scandian. 
Colum. mala. 
SCANDINAVIA, or -NoVrX, re, f. is 
said to be a great island north of Ger¬ 
many. Mela, and Plin. According to 
Mannert., it is the southern point of Swc- 
„•“!?*) or _ the province Sclionen. 
(ckavSil), Icis, f. the herb cher- 
(Scandix Crerefolium, L.). Plin. 
, „ D5 ( unc 0, >s, di, sum, a. 3. to climb, 
l mount, clamber, get up, ascend, dvafiaivw. 
Llv - m aggerem. — Figur. to rise, ap- 
pear high, be high, Hence, Scan dens, 
high, lofty. Propert. arx. - 
Also, with an acc. to climb upon. 
y c ' roalos. Cats, vallum. Liv. rau- 
° s ’. Hence, figur. Lucret. gradus 
atis, h. e. to advance in age. — Diomed. 
J er ™> n , h. e. to scan. 
j(f V nd °> fP > f ‘ a latk ’ 
gle, axiSa^, oxidiov, xaXvuudriov. 
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Vitruv. and Plin. Also, Hirt. B. G. 8, 
42. {Ed. Oad. and others read scindulis.) 
SCANDuLaRIS (scandnla), e, adj. con- 
3 sisting of shingles. dip ul. Metam. 3. 
tectum, covered with shingles or laths. 
Al. leg. scindulare. 
SCANDCLARrOS (td.), ii, m. one that 
3 covers roofs with shingles. Pandect. 
SCaNSILIS (scando), e, adj. that may 
2 be climbed, dvaflardg. Plin. ficus. _ 
Hence, of climacterical years, by which 
a person advances, step by step, to a 
certain age or period of life. Plin. Lex 
annorum scansilis. 
SCANSI5 (Id.), onis, f. a climbing up, 
2 CKiPaeig. Varr. in lectum. — lienee, 
figur. the elevation of the voice on a musi¬ 
cal scale. Vitruv. — Also, a scanning 
of verses. Bcda. 
SCaNSoRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. relating 
2 to climbing. Vitruv. Scansoria machf- 
na, h. e. a machine fur scaling or climbing 
SCANTIA silva. See Scantius. 
SCaNTIaNCS (Scantius), a, um, adj. 
2 called after one Scantius, Seantian. — 
Hence, perhaps, Varr. mala. Plin. 
uva, or vitis. 
SCANTINIOS, ii, m. the name of a Ro¬ 
man. — Scantinius, nr Scatinius, a, um, 
adj. Scantinian or Scatinian. Cic. lex, 
sc. against pederasts. 
SCXPHX {oxdiprj), re, f. a skiff, bark, boat; 
a small vessel, LpoXxig, oxd6r;. Cic. 
SCXPHe (o-Kdifiri), es, f. and SCXPHWM 
2 (< Txapiov ), ii, n. a concave vessel for va¬ 
rious purposes. Vitruv. Scaphium rere- 
um aut plumbeum. — Particularly, one 
used as a water-clock or clepsydra. Vi¬ 
truv. — Also, one used as a sun-dial. 
Martian. Capell. — Also, a drinking- 
vessel. Cic. — Also, a chamber-pot, 
closcstool. Martial. 
SCAPHOLX (dimin. of scapha), re, f. a 
3 little boat, wherry, scull. Veget. 
SCAPHUM, i, n. an incorrect”reading for 
scaphium. Vitruv. 
SCaPTeSOLa (oxairry vXy, from crxdnrw, 
fodio, and vXy, silva), re, f. a small town 
of Thrace, near Abdera, celebrated on ac¬ 
count of its gold and silver mines. Thu¬ 
cydides lived and died in this place as 
an exile. Lucret. 
SCaPTIX, re, f. a town of Latium. — 
Hence, Scaptius; a, urn, adj. Scaptian. 
Liv. tribus. 
SCXPiJLX (oxanrcaSai ), re, f. a shoulder- 
blade. It is usually found in the plural, 
Scapula, the shoulder-blades; the shoul¬ 
ders, avvwpiai, «/('». Of persons. 
Ovid. Scapulis altis. Cels. Rursus a 
cervice duo ossa lata utrinque ad sca¬ 
pulas tendunt, nostri scutula operta, 
dipouXarag Grreci nominant. — It fre¬ 
quently includes the back. Terent. Sca¬ 
pulas perdidi, h. e. I icas soundly beat¬ 
en .— Also, of animals. Varr. Equus 
scapulis latis. - IF Also, of inani¬ 
mate things, an upper part corresponding 
to a shoulder in animals. Vitruv. ma- 
chin®. Tertull. rnontium.-IT It is 
also the name of a Roman family. Liv. 
P. Cornelius Scapula. 
SCAPiiLANOS (Scapula), a, um, adj. 
called after one Scapula. Cic. 
SCaPOS {oxairog, Dor. for axfjtrog, from 
2 cxdirco, or crx-ynoi, the root of tTxijirrto), 
l, in. any thing that serves as a support; 
a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk. — Hence, the 
stalk or stem of an herb, xavXdg, oxfynivv. 
Varr. lupini. - IT Also, the shaft or 
shank of a pillar. Vitruv. -IT Also, 
the beam of a balance. Fest. -IT Also, 
the shank of a candlestick. Plin. - 
IT Also, a weaver’s instrument, by the 
strokes of which the web is compressed and 
thickened; the yarn-beam. Lucret. - 
F Also, a strong, long beam belonging to a 
door. Vitruv. - Ii Also, the, post or 
pillar of a staircase, by which the stairs 
are supported. Vitruv. - H Also, a 
cylinder on which the ancients rolled their 
writings. Not only writings, but also pa¬ 
pyrus-leaves, which were to be written 
on, were rolled upon ascapus; and sold 
in that form. Such a s,capus contain¬ 
ed at the most 20 leaves, so that it may 
be called a quire. See Plin. 12, 23. fin. 
SCXRXBeOS, or SCARXBAEuS (from 
oxapafiog, xapa0og),\, m. a beetle, sca¬ 
rab, scarabee, scambee, axapa^eiog, xdv- 
Sapog. Plin. 
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SCaRDIX (unc.), re, f. a kind of herb 
3 otherwise called aristolochia. jJpul. 
SCXRIFICaTIS (scarifico), onis, f. a 
2 slitting, making a slight incision, cutting, 
lancing, scarifying; scarification, trxfioi'g. 
Of men and animals. Colum. — Of 
trees. Plin. — Of land, a ploughing 
over lightly. Plin. 
SCXRIFIC8 {oxapupdupai, <rxapi<j>cvo>), 
2 as, avi, atum, a. 1. to scratch, slit, make a 
slight incision, scarify, axapiij)aupai, uto- 
cr X“S > c), Plin. gingivas. Pallad. 
truncum arboris. Hence, Plin. dolorem, 
h. e. to remove by scratching or scarifying. 
SOXRIFiS (pass, of scarifico), is,'to'ic 
scratched nr scarified. Scrib. Larg. 
SCAIUTES (c xapirr/g), re, in. or SCARf- 
TIS {crxapiTigj, Idis, f. a kind of precious 
stone of the color of the fish scarus. 
Plin. 37, 72. 
SCXROS (< Txdpog ), i, m. a certain sea-fish 
which was esteemed a great delicacy by the 
Romans (Scarus Creticus. Aldrov., the 
parrot-fish.) Ovid, and Plin. 
SCXTEBRX (scateo), re, f. the bubblina or 
2 rising up of water out of a spring, 
ttyyy. Plin. fontium. — Also, in gene¬ 
ral, water. Virg. Geo. 1,110.-IT Also, 
a river of Latium. Plin. 
SC ATE § (unc.), es, n. 2. and SCATS, is, 
2 n. 3. to bubble, gush or spring forth, 
0Xv?w, Ppa? to. Lucret. Fons scatit. 
— Hence, figur. in general, to come 
forth, come forth in great numbers. Lu- 
cret. Semina scatere foras possunt. — 
Also, to be frequent. Plin. Cuniculi 
scatent in Hispania.-Ii Also, to be 
full of any thing, swarm with, be crowded 
by, abound with, be rich in, with a genit. 
or abl. Liv. Arx scatens fontibus. 
Horat. Pontus scatens belluis. Mela. 
Nilus scatet piscibus. Plin. Metallis 
scatet Hispania. Lucret,. Terra scatit 
ferarum. — Figur. Plin. Volumen 
scatet ostentis. Gell. Puer scatens ar- 
gutiis. Td. Scatebat irarum. — Also, 
with an acc. following. Plaut. Id tuns 
scatet animus, h. e. ea re. 
SCATINIUS, a, um. See Scantinius. 
SCATO, is. See Scateo. } 
SCATUREX. See Scaturix. 3 
SCATuRIGINoSOS (scaturigo), a, um. 
2 adj. fall of springs, full of water spring¬ 
ing forth, boggy, marshy. Colum. ° 
SCATuRIGS ;scaturio), inis, f. water 
2 giishing or bubbling forth, spring-water. 
7riSaj{. Colum. 
SCXT0RT5 (scateo), uris, n. 4. to stream 
2 or gush out, bubble or flow forth like, wa¬ 
ter from a spring, spring forth, 0Xvgio. 
Pallad. Aqua scaturiens. — Figur. 
Prudent. Scaturientes aurre sermonis. 
Priap. vermiculi.-IT Also, to be full 
of any thing. Colum. Solum fontibus 
non scaturiaU — Figur. Cod. in Cic. 
Ep. Curio totus hoc scaturit, h. c. is 
quite full of this opinion. 
SCATuRIX (scaturio), icis, f. same as 
3 Scaturigo. Varr. ap. JVon. 2, 794. (al. 
smlnrpr \ 
SCAURTaNOS (Scaurus), a, um, adj. 
relating to Scaurus. Martian. Capell. 
oratio, h. c. in defence of Scaurus. 
SCAUR0S (allied to exaguv, to limp), 
2 a, um, adj. having large and swollen 
ankles, having the ankles bunching out , 
club-footed, oxavpog. Horat. — Hence, 
Scaurus, the name of a Roman family. 
M. ZGmilius Scaurus was a celebrated 
orator. Cic. 
SCaZoN {axaguv), ontis, m. limping. A 
2 kind of iambic verse, having a trochee 
instead of an iambus in the last place, 
is so called. — Hence, a kind of satiri¬ 
cal poem. Plin. Ep. 
SCELERaTe (sceleratus), adv. wickedly, 
impiously, viciously, avcciwg. Cic. di- 
cere. Id. Sceleratius. Id. Sceleratissime. 
SCELERaTOS, a, um, particip. from sce- 
lero. - F Adj. polluted by vices or 
wickedness, wicked, bad, impious, vicious, 
flagitious, nefarious, irreligious, cursed , 
infamous, detestable, av6aiog, xaraparog. 
Cic. homo. Id. Contra patriam scele- 
rata arma capere. Id. preces. Virg. 
terra. Justin, audacia. Cic. Hasta 
sceleratior. Id. Homo sceleratissimus 
Hence, Id. Scelerati, sc. homines, h. e 
wicked, infamous persons. Virg. Scele- 
ratas sumere poenas, for a scelerata fe- . 
mina. - IT Also, as a term of re- 
