scu 
scu 
SCY 
aculeos cum audiremus, neque in his 
scrupulis aut emoluinentum ad ratio- 
nem vita; pertinens, aut finem ulfUm 
qusrendi videremus, &c. -IT Also, 
for Scrupulum, a scruple, Ike smallest part 
of a weight. (See Scripulum.) -IT Al¬ 
so, the smallest part of any thing. In- 
• script. Vixit annos viginti et unmn, 
menses tres, lioras quatuor, scrupulos 
sex, six. minutes. 
BCROPOS (unc.),i, m. a rough stone, Xi 
2 Oaf Petron. 
BCROTX (ypvry , fi), orum, n. things old, 
2 worn out, broken, as, old clothes, or rags, 
frippery, lumber, old trash or trumpery, 
tatters, broken stuff. Horat. — Hence, 
Scrutarius, ii, m. one that deals therein, a 
seller of old stuff or trumpery, a broker, 
ragman, &c. Lucil. — Scrutaria, ;e, f. sc. 
ars, the trade of such a man. Jlpul. Scru- 
tariam facere, h. e. to deal in old stuff or 
trumpery. (It is in this passage used of 
thieves who steal only trifles.) 
SCROTaRICS, a, urn. See Scruta. 3 
SCRuTaTIS (scrutor), onis, f. a search¬ 
ing, inquiry, examination, e\tTa<ns. Sen. 
SCRUTATOR (Id.), oris, m. a searcher , 
2 examiner, inquirer, ejje.Taorri;. Stat. 
profundi, fisherman. Lucan, auri, one 
who digs up. Sueton. and Justin. Salu- 
tatoribus scrutatores semper apposuit. 
-IT Also, one who seeks or searches 
after Lucan, fati. 
SCROTaTRIX (scrutator), Icis, f. she 
3 that searches, examines, or inquires. Al- 
cim. Avit. 
SCRUTTLLOS (unc.), i, m. the belly of a 
3 swine stuffed or filled with forced meat. 
Plaid. 
SCRuTINIUM (scrutor), ii, n. aninquiry, 
3 search, investigation, scrutiny, ejjcpevnt]- 
ctf. Apul. 
SCRuTQR (scruta), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to search, explore, ijjeragco, epevveuo. 
Cic. domos, naves. Id. Non scrutor te. 
Id. Alpes. Stat. Latebras animte mu- 
crone, h. c. to stab deeply in the breast. 
Tacit, mare, h. e. to fish. -IT Also, to 
seek, search for. Cic. argumenta. Plin. 
venas inter saxa. - IT Also, to ex¬ 
amine, investigate, search into, inquire in¬ 
to, pry into. Cic. sordes omnes. Horat. 
arcanum. Ovid, mentes deuni. Tacit. 
fata alicujus.-IT Scruto seems like 
wise to have been in use. Hence, Scru 
tari and Scrutatus, a, urn, passively in 
Ammian. 
SCuLNX (for seculna, from sequor), re, m. 
3 and f. same as Sequester, an umpire, 
judge, arbiter, aw^quoipvXa f Lavin. ap. 
Or.U. 
SC0LP5 (yXve/xo), is, psi, ptum, a. 3. to 
form or fashion any thing by gravino, 
carving or cutting, to carve in stone, grave 
in metal, cut, engrave, sculpture, yXvepio, 
yXcupco. Ovid, ebur, h. e. to make a stat¬ 
ue out of ivory. Vitruv. denticulos in 
coronis. Apul. gemmas. Justin, an 
corain in gemma. Cic. E saxo sculptus, 
h. c. formed out of stone. Sueton. Auo-. 
Ed. Grcev. Imago sculpta. (Ed. Em. 
reads scalpta; but sculpo and scalpo 
seem to be one and the same word.) — 
Hence, figur. Apul. Sculptum in animo. 
SCuLPoN£X (probably from sculpo), a;, f. 
3 Plur. Sculponete, an inferior kind of shoe, 
such as slaves wore, wooden shoes. Plant. 
SCuLPTILIS (sculpo), e, adj. formed or 
3 fashioned by graving or carving. Ovid. 
opus dentis, h. e. things made of ivory. 
oCuLrTOR (Id.), oris, m. one who forms 
2 or fashions any thing by graving or carv 
la ?i & graver , engraver , carver , sculptor 
y\v7rrrjg. Plin. gemmarum. 
bCuLPTuRX(Id.), te, f. a forming orfash- 
2ioning by graving or carving, a gravincr, 
carving ; sculpture, yXv<j>i). Plin. 1. 16, c. 
40. Habent in scuipturis facilitatem 
ficus etsalix. Justin. Annulus ejusdem 
sculptune. Sueton. Ner. 46. Ed. Grwv. 
Annulus, cujus gemmas sculptura erat 
I roserpinte raptus. (But Ed. Em. reads 
sculptura.) See, also, Qyintil. 2, 21, 9. 
BCuLPTORaTOS (sculpture), a, urn, adj. 
3 as, Venant. Fortun. ars, h. e. the art of 
forming or fashioning any thing by grav- 
mg or carving, the art of sculpture or 
engraving. 
ICuHPTOS, a, um. See Sculpo. 
-CuRRX (unc.), ®, m. properly, perhaps,a 
townsman, one who lives in a town. Plant. 
Non placet, quem scurra; laudant. (But 
this may also be referred to the next 
signification.)- IT Also, a townsman 
fashionably dressed, a gentleman, or, a 
nickname of townsmen, a dandy, petit- 
maitre. It is sometimes opposed to ho¬ 
mo mililaris. P/aut. Scurra es. (Ep.) Scio 
te esse quidem hominem militarem. 
—-—■ IT Also, a buffoon, jester, droll, 
mimic. Cic. Scurram improbissimum. 
Thus, Zeno called Socrates scurram 
Atticum. Cic. — Juvenal. Catulli, h. e. 
pantomime. -U Also, in later times, 
a soldier of the guard. Lamprid. 
SCuRRILIS (scurra), e, adj. buffoon-like, 
scurrilous, /3copoXox‘K6s. Cic. jocus. Id. 
dicacitas.-IT Also, merry, jolly, jo¬ 
cose, playful, facetious. Val. Max. 8,8, 2. 
SCuRRILI'TaS (scurrilis), atis, f. buf- 
Ufoonery, scurrility, drollery, pleasantry, 
piopnXoxia. Auct. dial, de Orat. 
SCORRIUTiSR (Id.), adv. scurrilously, 
1 fJiopoXoxiKtbs. Plin. Ep. 
SC0RR3R (scurra), aris, dep. 1. to play 
° the buffoon , act the part of a scoffer or 
jester, (iwpoXoxcw. Horat. Scurror ego 
ipse mihi, populo tu.-IT Also, to act 
the parasite, to flatter, wheedle. Horat. 
SCuRROLX (diinin. of scurra), te, m. 
3 a buffoon, jester. Apul. 
SCCJTA. See Scutum, and Scutra. 3 
SCuTALE (scutum), is, n. the thong of a 
2 sling. Liv. 
SCuTaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or be¬ 
longing to a shield. ' Veget. fabrica, h. e. 
a place where shields are made. — Hence, 
Scutarius, ii, m. a shield-maker, maker of 
shields, dcnriSoiroids. Plant. Also, one 
that bears or is armed with a shield, a tar- 
getier. They were a kind of foreign 
troops, and belonged perhaps to the 
guard. Ammian. 
SCuTaTSR (Id.), oris, m. probably same 
as Scutatus , or Scutarius, a soldier armed 
with a shield ; a targetier. He nrct. 
SCuTaTDS (Id.), a, um, adj. armed with 
a shield or buckler , shielded, daniSuHrris, 
<l>cpeooaKiji. Cws. cohortes. Also, 
subst. a targetier. Liv. Quatuor millia 
scutatorum. 
SCOTeLLX (dimin. of scutra), te, f. a 
kind of eating or drinking vessel, a dish 
or platter; a trencher, nivaKecrKo;. Cic. 
potionis. Also, a stand for placing oth¬ 
er vessels upon, a salver. Pandect. 
SCOTICX (oKVTiKri, from okvtos, leather), 
3 te, f. a thong-lash or strap ; a lash, whip, 
tTKVTiiXq. Horat. -IT Scutica, the lash 
or strap, is a severer punishment than 
ferula, the rod, and a lighter punishment 
than flagellum, the scourge, knout. 
SCOTIGEROLOS (scutum & gerulus), 
3 a, um, adj. carrying a shield. Plaul. 
homo, h. e. one who carries the shield of 
his master; an armor-bearer, squire, 
bnXo(j>6poi. 
SCBTRX (one.), te, f. a dish, plate, platter. 
3 Cato. — Scuta occurs also. Lucil. 
SCBTRiSCUM (dimin. of scutra), i, n. 
3 a dish. Cato. 
SCOTuLX ( OKvrdXri), te, f. a cylinder, 
roller, cylindrical piece of wood. Cws. 
-IT Also (perhaps dimin. of scutra), 
a small dish, plate, platter. Martial. It 
was probably commonly rhomboidai in 
shape.— Hence, Scutula, any rhomboidai 
or quadrangular figure, arhombus or rhom¬ 
boid, as, for inlaying floors after the pat¬ 
tern of a chess-board. Vitruv .; or in 
weaving, Plin.; or for other purposes. 
Id. 
SCOTOLaTOS (scutula), a, um, adj. 
2 having figures of the shape of a rhombus, 
diamonded, checkered, formed into lozenges. 
Plin. rete, h. e. a cobweb. Juvenal. Scu¬ 
tulata, sc. vestimenta, h. e. checkered, 
streaked, striped. Hence, of colors, 
streaked, checkered. Pallad. equus. 
SCuTOLUM (dimin. of scutum), i, n. a 
little shield or buckler , amridiuo. Cic. 
-IT Also, a shoulder-bone, shoulder- 
blade. Cels. 8, 1. Ed. Almenov. Seutu- 
la.operta. (Other Edd. read scoptula.) 
SCuTUM (from okvtos, leather), i, ri. a 
bueldcr, shield, target, domes, such as 
was borne by the Roman infantry. It 
was long, whereas the clypeus was 
round and of a smaller size. “ Liv. Al¬ 
so by the cavalry. Id. Scuta equestria. 
Hence, Cic. Scutum abjicere, h. e. to 
throw away. Id. rejicere, h. e. to hold 
807 
behind, in order to cover the lack. — The 
Scutum, Svpcdy, door-shield, consisted 
of two boards glued together, which 
were covered with linen, and again 
with a calf-skin. In the centre was a 
knob or boss, umbo. It had a handle, and 
was two and a half feet broad, and from 
four to four and a half long. Compare 
Vegct. 2, 18. -IT Figur. a shield, de¬ 
fence, protection. Liv. -11 Lucrct. Scu¬ 
ta, for scutatum. But it is perhaps used 
for scutra. 
SCYBILITES (Sxt'/JrMrr/f), ;c, m. a kind 
of sweet wine in Galatia. Plin ]4 l] 
SCyLXCeUM, and SOyLXCIUM, i’i, n. a 
town of Lower Italy, now Squillacc. — 
j lence, Scyll&ceus, a, um, adj. belonging 
tn_ it.. Ovid, litora. 
SCy-LLX CZKvXXa), ;e, f. a rock in Lower 
Italy, projecting into the sea , on the Sicil¬ 
ian straits, opposite the whirlpool Chary b- 
dis. Virg. It was dangerous to sailors 
Hence the proverb, Incidit in Scyllam, 
qm vult vitare Charybdim, h. c.' out of 
the frying-pan into the fire, from one evil-' 
into another - IT Also, a daughter of 
Phorcus , chavged into the abovc- j mentioncd 
, )och, after she had before been changed 
into a monster with dogs about her middle. 
Ovid. IT Also, a daughter of Nisus, 
lung of Megara, who cut off the purple 
hair of her father, upon which his welfare 
depended; she was afterwards chartered in¬ 
to a bird called ciris. Ovid. - -M Al- 
so,/or scilla, a sea-onion. Colum. 10, 
aA’-f'r Ed - Sc,meil I ■ reads scilla.) 
SCvLLASOb (EKvXXaXos), a, um, adj. re¬ 
lating to Sr.ylla, the daughter of Phorcus 
Virg rabies. (Here, the dogs about her 
middle are alluded to.) Lucan, und*, 
Ii. c. ncar Sicily. -IT Also, rclatinrr to 
Scylla, the daughter of Misus. StaL 
rum, h. e. Megarensia. 
SCvMNtrS (okvixvos), i, m. a young ani- 
3 mat, particularly, a young lion. Lucre t. 
fecvmni leonum. 
SCYN1FES. See Cinifes. 
SCyPHOLOS (dimin. of scyphus), i, m. 
art-DL CUP ’ Paulin. Nolan. 
^CyPHuS (okviPos), i, m. a drinkincr- 
vessel used by the ancients at table, a cup 
goblet, with us, a wine-glass. Cic.. 
Virg., and Horat. — Hence, Cic. Inter 
scyphos, h. e. at wine-drinking, over a 
glass of wine. 
SCYReIS, idis, 3 J 0 0 
SCYRIAS, adis, &c. \ See s cyros. 
onis, is found in some Edd. 
for Sciron. 
SGyK( 3S, and SCyRijS CZKvpog), i f. 
tii.c island Sciro in the JEtgean sea, near 
Euboea. Lycomedes was king of this island, 
whose daughter Deidumia was mother of 
Pyrrhus by Achilles, who hod disguised 
himself in woman’s clothes. — lienee 
S eyr6 is, id is, f. of or belonging to Scy¬ 
ros. Stat. Scyreides, sc. paella;. — 
Scyreticus, a, um, adj. of or belnnoi/ur 
to Scyros. Plin. — Scyrias, adis“ f. 
same as Scyreis. Ovid, puella, li. e. 
Deidamia. — Scyricue, a, um, adj. of 
or belonging to Scyros. Plin. Scyrlus 
a, um, adj. of or belonging to Scyros. 
Proper!. Deidamia. Virg. pubes. Ov¬ 
id. membra, U. c. Pyrrhi. 0 
SC\3 XUX, te, and SCyTAEE (vkvt aXu\ 
es, f. apiece of leather that, has been rolled 
upon a round staff/ Such a strap, after it 
was disengaged from the staff, the Lace¬ 
demonians sent to their generals, in order 
to convey to them secret commands ; the 
general, in order to be able to read the 
order, had to roll the strap upon a similar 
st/iff ; it teas, consequently, a secret writ¬ 
ten order. Ncp. Pans. 3. Ge.ll. 17. 9. 
-- IT Also, a laird of serpent. Solin. 
So, Plin. Scytalen et angues (others 
read mygalen, h. e. murem aranettm.) 
SCyTXL6SXGITTIPeLLIGKR (from 
3 scytala, sagitta, pellis, & gero), a title 
of Hercules, li. e. clavam. sagittam et 
pellem gerens, sKVTaXoTofoiepudToAv- 
pog. _ Tertull . 
SCYTaTUM, i, n. See Schufanv.m. 2 
SCI J IIX, or SCyTIIeS (X/cvSijs), re, m. 
a Scythian. Cic. — Plur. Scythte, an 
indefinite name, sometimes denoting a sin¬ 
gle nation, sometimes a common name of 
all those nomadic nations who lived in tiu 
country north and east of the Black and 
Caspian seas. - IT Also, adjective.. 
