scabratus scă_brātus, a, um, adj.scaber, made rough, roughened: vitis, i. e. jagged by pruning it with a dull knife, Col. 4, 24, 22.
scabredo scă_brēdo, ĭnis, f.scaber, I. B., a roughness of the skin, scabbiness, itch, mange, App. Herb. 73; Coripp. 4, 48; Hier. Vit. Hil. init.
scabreo scă_brĕo, 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.).
scabres scă_bres, is, f.id., the scab, the itch, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 20.
scabridus scă_brĭdus, a, um, adj.scaber, rough, rugged: lingua robigine, Ven. Carm. 2, 13, 7.
scabrosus scă_brōsus, a, um, adj.id., rough, scabrous: sorde,Prud. Psych. 106.
Scaea porta 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 scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = σκηνή.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.Transf. Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164. (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.Trop.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.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.Appearance, character: scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.
scaenalis 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.
scaenarius scaenārĭus, a, um, adj.id., 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.
scaenaticus scaenātĭcus, i, m.id., a stageplayer: ut comici, cinaedici, scaenatici, Varr. ap. Non. 176, 19.
scaenatilis scaenātĭlis, e, adj.id., for scenicus, of or belonging to the stage, Varr. ap Non. 176, 18 (an unintelligible passage).
scaenice scaenĭcē, adv., v. scaenicus fin.
scaenicus scaenĭcus (scen-), a, um, adj., = σκηνικός, of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, theatrical (class.). Lit.: poëtae,
,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.Substt.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; Cic. 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.scaenĭca, ae, f., a female player, an actress, Cod. Just. 5, 27, 1; Ambros. Obit. Valent. § 17.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.
scaenographia scaenŏgrăphĭ_a, 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 scĭāgrăphĭ_a, σκιᾶγραφία, in the same signif.)
scaevus 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). Lit.: itinera portarum,i. e.
running from right to left
,Vitr. 1, 5, 2: iter,Serv. Verg. A. 3, 351.Trop.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. 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,
scala 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.Plur.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,
,Mart. 1, 118, 7. In partic.: Scalae Gemoniae, v. Gemoniae.Poet., transf., steps: haec per ducentas cum domum tulit scalas,Mart. 7, 20, 20.Sing. (post-class.). In gen., a ladder: scalam commodare ad ascendendum,Dig. 47, 2, 55 (54), § 4; cf. Aquil. Rom. p. 181 Ruhnk. Esp. Scala gallinaria, a hen-roost, i. e. a crossbar of like form, used for reducing a dislocated shoulder, Cels. 8, 15 med. Of Jacob's ladder, seen in his dream, Vulg. Gen. 28, 12; Hier. Ep. 3, § 4; 108, § 13.
scalaris scālāris, e, adj.id., 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.
scambus scambus, a, um, adj., = σκαμβός,bow-legged, bandy-legged (pure Lat. varus), Suet. Oth. 12.
scamellum scămellum, i, v. scamillus.
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 scamma, ătis, n., = σκάμμα,a wrestling-place in the Palaestra. Lit. (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 fin.; Hier. Joann. Hieros. 16; id. Ep. 61, 5; Ambros. Off. 1, 16. Trop., a wrestling, a contest, Tert. adv. Martyr. 3; cf. harena. II.
scammonites scammōnītes, ae, m., = σκαμμωνίτης (SC. οἶνος), wine seasoned with scammony, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.
scammonium scammōnĭum, ii, v. scammonea.
scamnatus 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 scamnum, i, n.for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio, a bench, stool, step, etc. 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.). In partic. 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. In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.
scandalizo 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.
scandalum scandălum, i, n., = σκάνδαλον, that which causes one to stumble, a stumblingblock (eccl. Lat.). * Lit., Prud. Apoth. 47 praef.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.
scando scando (no perf. or sup.; cf.: ascendo, descendo, etc.), 3, v. a. and n.Sanscr. root skand-, to climb; cf. Gr. σκάνδαλον, σκανδάληθρον. Act., to climb, mount, clamber or get up; to ascend.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, 2fin.; 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.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. Neutr., to mount, rise, arise, ascend (not freq. till after the Aug. period). Lit.: cum scandit et instat,
scandulaca scandulacagenus herbae frugibus inimicae, quod eas velut hedera implicando necat, Fest. p. 330.
scandularis scandŭlāris, e, adj.scandula, shingled, shingle-: tectum,App. M. 3, p. 137, 2.
scandularius scandŭlārĭus, ii, m.id., a shingler, Dig. 50, 6, 6.
scansilis scansĭlis, e, adj.scando, that may be climbed.Lit.: ficus,Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 84: gradus superiores scansiles, Schol. Juv. 7, 45; Amm. 16, 10, 14.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.
scansio scansĭo, ōnis, f.scando, a climbing up (very rare). * Lit.: quā simplici scansione scandebant in lectum,Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.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.
scansorius scansōrĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or for climbing: genus machinarum,Vitr. 10, 1.
Scantia Scantĭa silva, v. Scantius, A.
Scantianus Scantĭānus, a, um, v. Scantius, B.
Scantinius Scantīnĭus (Scātīnĭus), i, m., a Roman name. 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.
Scantius Scantĭus, a, name of a Roman gens. So, Scantia, a woman abused by Clodius, Cic. Mil. 27, 75. Hence, Scantĭus, a, um, adj., Scantian: silva,
scaphula 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.
Scaptesula Scaptēsŭla (Scaptensŭla), ae, f., = Σκαπτησύλη,a town in Thrace, celebrated for its silver mines, Lucr. 6, 810; cf. Fest. p. 330 Müll.
Scaptia 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.
scapula scăpŭla, ae, f., a kind of vine, = vennucula, q. v., Plin. 14, 2, 6, § 34.
scapula scăpŭla, ae, f., v. scapulae fin.
Scapula Scăpŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname.A partisan of Pompey, the main instigator of the Spanish war, Auct. B. Hisp. 33; Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 1.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.
scapus scapus, i, m.root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft, a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17. In partic. A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14. A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin.The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib. = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.
scatebra scătĕ_bra, ae, f.scateo, a bubbling or gushing up of water (not ante-Aug., and very rare): fontium,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6: fonticuli,id. 31, 10, 46, § 108.Transf.: (unda) scatebris arentia temperat arva,
scateo scăteo, ēre (ante-class. also scatit, Lucr. 5, 40; 6, 891; and scatĕre, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69, or Trag. v. 196 Vahl.; Lucr. 5, 598; 5, 952; 6, 896; perf. and sup. wanting), v. n.etym. dub.; cf. Lith. skas-, leap, to bubble, gush, well, spring, or flow forth (poet.; not before the Aug. period in prose). Lit.: fontes scatere, Enn. l. l.; cf.: fons dulcis aquaï qui scatit et salsas circum se dimovet undas,Lucr. 6, 891 sq.; and (with erumpere) id. 5, 952; 5, 598.Transf., = abundo. To be plentiful; to swarm, abound: cuniculi scatent in Hispaniă,Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226; cf. Lucr. 6, 896. With abl. (once also with gen. and with an acc. of respect), to gush forth with, i.e. to be full of; to swarm or abound with, to be rich in or crowded with any thing, etc. Lit. (a) With abl.: vino scatet,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 22: arx (Corinthi) scatens fontibus,Liv. 45, 28: scatentem Beluis pontum,Hor. C. 3, 27, 26; cf.: Nilus scatet piscibus,Mel. 1, 9, 3; so, tota ferme Hispania metallis,Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 30: Terracina silvis nucum,id. 16, 32, 59, § 138: scatere vermibus,Vulg. Exod. 16, 20: gentes tigri ferā. Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 73. With gen.: terra ferarum scatit,Lucr. 5, 40; cf. id. 6, 891 supra.Trop.: qualibus ostentis Aristandri volumen sca-tet,Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243; cf.: sic videas quosdam scatere verbis, ut, etc.,Gell. 1, 15, 2; 17, 8, 4: (urtica) vel plurimis scatet remediis,Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 31. With acc. respect: amas pol, misera: id tuos scatet animus,Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 9.
Scatinius Scātīnĭus, ii, v. Scantinius.
scato scăto, ēre, v scateo init.
scaturex scătūrex, igis, m.scaturio, a bubbling or gushing spring, Varr, ap. Non. 172, 27; cf. scaturigines and scatebra.
scaturigines scătūrīgĭnes, um, f.id., gushing or bubbling waters, spring-water, Liv. 44, 33; Front. Aquaed. 10: in nigrā (terrā) scaturigines perennes,Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 47.Transf., of other fluids: sanguinis,Amm. 19, 1, 9.
scaturiginosus scătūrīgĭnōsus, a, um, adj.scaturigines, full of or abounding in springs, springy: terra,i. e.
scaturio scătūrĭo, īre (imperf. scaturribat, App. M. 4, p. 145, 8), v. n.scateo, to stream, flow, or gush out (not before the Aug. period, and very rare). Lit.: scaturiens aqua,Pall. 1, 33 fin.: de summo vertice fons scaturribat (i. e. -riebat),App. M. 4, 6, p. 145, 8: oleum de terrā,Ampel. Lib. Mem. 8, § 5.Transf., like scateo. To come forth in great numbers, to swarm, abound: vermiculi,Auct. Priap. 4, 6 fin.: vermes,Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 9.To be full of, filled with, abound in a thing. Lit.: solum, quod fontibus non scaturiat,Col. 3, 1, 8.Trop.: (Curio) totus, ut nunc est, hoc scaturit, he is all possessed with it, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: aurae scaturientes sermonis, Prud. στεφ. 10, 551.
Scaurianus Scaurĭānus, a, um, v. 2. Scaurus. † scaurus, a, um, adj., = σκαῦρος [cf. σκαιός], with large and swollen ankles, having the ankles bunching out (cf.: varus, valgus),Plin. 11, 45, 105, § 254: illum Balbutit scaurum pravis fultum male talis,Hor. S. 1, 3, 48.
Scaurus Scaurus, i, m.1. scaurus, a frequent surname in the gens Aemilia and Aurelia. So, M. Aemilius Scaurus, whom Cicero defended in an oration, part of which is still extant. Hence, Scaurĭānus, a, um, adj., relating to Scaurus: oratio,Mart. Cap. 5, § 441.
,Verg. A. 2, 576. (As a result of viciousness or criminality; cf. scelus, II. C.) Hurtful, harmful, noxious, pernicious, unhappy, unfortunate, calamitous, etc. (only poet. and in postAug. prose): teritur sinapis scelerata: qui terunt, oculi ut exstillent, facit,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 28: herba,App. Herb. 8. Sup.: sceleratissimis serpentium haemorrhoidi et presteri,Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 117: frigus,Verg. G. 2, 256: lues,Mart. 1, 102, 6: poëmata,id. 3, 50, 9 et saep.: MATER, Inscr. Rein. cl. 12, 122; so Inscr. Fabr. p. 237, 631: PARENTES,Inscr. Murat. 1187, 2.Made hurtful, i. e. poisoned: scelerata sucis spicula,Sil. 3, 272. As an adj. prop. Scelerata Porta, the gate (also called Porta Carmentalis) through which the three hundred Fabii marched on their fatal expedition, Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 337; Flor. 1, 12, 2. Scelerata Castra, the camp in which D. Drusus died, Suet. Claud. 1. Hence, adv.: scĕlĕrātē (acc. to B. 1.), impiously, wickedly, nefariously (Ciceronian): peccavi scelerateque feci,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 2: facere (with audacter),id. Sull. 24, 67: dicere (opp. pie),id. Mil. 38, 103: susceptum bellum,id. Cat. 1, 10, 27. Comp.: sceleratius,Vulg. Ezech. 16, 52. Sup.: sceleratissime machinatus omnes insidias,Cic. Sest. 64, 133.
scelerosus scĕlĕrōsus, a, um, adj.scelus, full of wickedness, vicious, abominable, accursed (ante- and post-class.): ubi ego illum scelerosum et impium inveniam?Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 1: scelerosa et polluta mulier,App. M. 10, p. 253, 2: scelerosa atque impia facta,Lucr. 1, 82: o diem scelerosum et indignum, Afr. ap. Non. 174, 29. As subst.: scĕlĕrōsus, i, m., a wicked or vicious person, a wretch, Lucil. ap. Non. 174, 27.
,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 60. With a masc. pron.: is me scelus attondit, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 9: ubi illic est scelus, quid me perdidit?Ter. And. 3, 5, 1; cf.: scelus, quemnam hic laudat?id. ib. 5, 2, 3. In Plaut., Ter., and Mart., a mishap (qs. arising from wickedness), a misfortune, calamity (cf. sceleratus, B. 2., and scelestus, II.): perdidi unum filium puerum quadrimum ... Major potitus hostium est: quod hoc est scelus!Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 104: Pa. Quid hoc est sceleris? Ch. Perii, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 34 Ruhnk.; Mart. 7, 14, 1.A natural catastrophe: scelera naturae, i. e. earthquakes, inundations, etc., Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 206.
scena scēna, v. scaena.
†† scēnaab aliis, a quibusdam sacena appellatur, dolabra pontificalis, Fest. pp. 330 and 319 Müll.
scenarius scēnārĭus, scēnĭcus, etc., v. scaenarius, scaenicus, etc.
sceptrum scēptrum, i (less correctly scaep-trum), n., = σκῆπτρον,a royal staff, a sceptre.Lit.: (rex Ptolemaeus) sedens cum purpurā et sceptro et illis insignibus regiis,Cic. Sest. 26, 57; Quint. 9, 3, 57; 11, 3, 158; Suet. Aug. 94: Augusti,id. Galb. 1; Verg. A. 7, 247: dextrā sceptrum gerebat,id. ib. 12, 206; Ov. M. 7, 103; 1, 178; 2, 847; 5, 422. Also borne by a king's daughter,Verg. A. 1, 653 Heyne: exitiale,Stat. Th. 1, 34; of a triumphant general,Liv. 5, 41; Juv. 10, 43. Poet., in the plur., by way of amplification, of a single sceptre, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21; cf.: celsā sedet Aeolus arce Sceptra tenens,Verg. A. 1, 57; and of Juno,Ov. M. 3, 265; 1, 596; 11, 560; Verg. A. 7, 173; 7, 252 al.Transf. * A teacher's rod (humorously): ferulae tristes, sceptra paedagogorum,Mart. 10, 62, 10. * A name of the plant aspalathus, Plin. 12, 24, 52, § 110. = membrum virile, Auct. Priap. 25.Trop., as a symbol of authority, also used by the poets, in the plur., for kingdom, rule, dominion, authority: en impero Argis, sceptra mihi liquit Pelops, Poët. ap. Quint. 9, 4, 140: tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias,Verg. A. 1, 78: sic nos in sceptra reponis?id. ib. 1, 253; 7, 422; 9, 9: pulsus solio sceptrisque paternis,id. ib. 10, 852: sceptra Asiae tenere,Ov. H. 16, 175: potiri perenni sceptro,id. M. 15, 585; id. F. 4, 198; id. M. 6, 677: Heliconiadum comites, quorum unus Homerus Sceptra potitus, etc.,Lucr. 3, 1038.
sceptuchus scēptūchus, i, m., = σκηπτοῦχος,a sceptre-bearer, a high officer of state in the East, Tac. A. 6, 33.
scheda schĕda, v. scida.
schedius schĕdĭus, a, um, adj., = σχέδιος,made suddenly or off-hand; hastily put or thrown together; hence, as in the Greek subst., schĕdĭa, ae, f., = σχεδία (sc. ναῦς), a raft, float, constructed in haste, Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 6; cf. Fest. pp. 334 and 335 Müll.schĕdĭum, ii, n. (sc. carmen), an extemporaneous poem: Lucilianae humilitatis,Petr. 4 fin.; App. de Deo Socr. p. 364, 34; Aus. Idyll. 7 praef.; Sid. Ep. 8, 3; cf. Fest. l. l.
schedula schĕdŭla (scĭdŭla), ae, f.dim.scheda or scida, a small leaf of paper, Hier. in Ruf. 3, 2.
schema schēma, ae, f. (cf.: diadema, dogma, etc.,Prisc. p. 679 P.), and (mostly post-Aug.) ătis, n. (dat. and abl. plur. schemasin, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 38; but schematibus,Lampr. Heliog. 19), = σχῆμα. In gen., a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude, etc. (so mostly ante-class.; not in Cic.). Fem.: quod processi huc cum servili schemā,Plaut. Am. prol. 117; cf. Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: Tiara ut lepidam lepide condecorat schemam,Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 2 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. l. l.; also Pompon. ap. Non. 225, 1: exemplar imperatae schemae,Suet. Tib. 43.Neutr.: pergite thyrsigerae Bacchae modo Bacchico cum schemate, Naev. ap. Non. 225, 2: schema antiquom retinere,Lucil. ib. 225, 3: Aristippus naufragio cum ejectus ad Rhodiensium litus animadvertisset geometrica schemata descripta,Vitr. 6 praef.: vasa schematibus libidinosissimis inquinata,Lampr. Heliog. 19. In partic., as in rhet., a figure of speech, rhetorical figure (pure Lat. figura; freq. in Quint.; in Cic. written as Greek),Sen. Contr. 1, praef. § 23 sq.; 1, 1, 25; Quint. 9, 1, 1 sq.; and repeatedly in the first three chapters of the ninth book; cf. also id. 1, 5, 52 sq.; 4, 1, 49; 4, 5, 4; 5, 10, 70. In geometry, a figure, outline: geometrica schemata,Vitr. 6, praef. 1: sphaeroides,id. 8, 6, 3 et saep.
schematismos schēmătismos, i, m., = σχηματισμός,a figurative or florid manner of speaking, Quint. 1, 8, 14.
schidia schĭdĭa, ae, f., = σχίδαι or σχίδια,a chip, splinter of wood, Vitr. 2, 1; 7, 10.
schinus schīnus, i, f., = σχῖνος,the mastic-tree (pure Lat. lentiscus), Vulg. Dan. 13, 54.
schismaticus schismătĭcus, i, m., = σχισματικός,a separatist, seceder, schismatic (eccl. Lat.): schismaticos non fides diversa facit, sed communionis disrupta societas,Aug. Quaest. in Matt. 11.
schistos schistos, a, on, adj., = σχιστός,split, cleft, divided; a t. t. in Pliny the Elder: lapis, that easily cleaves or cracks, fissile, schistose, a name given to a kind of red oxide of iron, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 124; 33, 4, 25, § 84; 36, 20, 37, § 144: lac,i. e.
Schoeneus Schoeneus, ei, m., = Σχοινεύς,a king of Bœotia, father of Atalanta, Hyg. Fab. 244; 246. Hence, Schoenēïs, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Schœneus, Atalanta, Ov. H. (15) 16, 263; id. Am. 1, 7, 13.Schoe-nēïus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Schœneus: virgo,i. e.
schoeniculae schoenĭcŭlae, ārum, f.schoenum, prostitutes anointed with schoenum, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; id. ap. Fest. pp. 328 and 329 ib.
Schoenis Schoenis, ĭdis, v. Schoeneus, C.
schoenobates schoenŏbătes, ae, m., = σχοινοβάτης,a rope-dancer, Juv. 3, 77.
schoenus schoenus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form schoenum, Col. 12, 20, 2 and 5, somewhat dub.), = σχοῖνος, ὁ.A rush, of an aromatic kind (pure Lat. juncus), used by the Romans to season wine, Cato, R. R. 105, 2; 113, 1; Col. 12, 20, 2; 12, 20, 5; 12, 53, 2; low women anointed themselves with a perfume made from it: schoeno delibutae,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 55 (where others read caeno delibutae); cf. also schoeniculae.A measure of distance among the Persians (= 40 stadia), Plin. 6, 26, 30, § 124; 12, 14, 30, § 53.
schola schŏla (scŏla), ae, f., = σχολή (spare time, leisure; hence, in partic.), Leisure given to learning, a learned conversation or debate, a disputation, lecture, dissertation, etc.: in quam exercitationem (disputandi) ita nos studiose operam dedimus, ut jam etiam scholas Graecorum more habere auderemus ... Itaque dierum quinque scholas, ut Graeci appellant, in totidem libros contuli,Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 7; 8: separatim certae scholae sunt de exsilio, de interitu patriae, etc. ... Haec Graeci in singulas scholas et in singulos libros dispertiunt,id. ib. 3, 34, 81: scholam aliquam explicare,id. Fin. 2, 1, 1: habes scholam Stoicam,id. Fam. 9, 22, 5: vertes te ad alteram scholam: disseres de triumpho,id. Pis. 25, 60: ubi sunt vestrae scholae,id. ib. 27, 65; Quint. 3, 6, 59 Spald.Transf.A place for learned conversation or instruction, a place of learning, a school (cf. ludus): toto hoc de genere, de quaerendā, de collocandā pecuniā, commodius a quibusdam optimis viris ad Janum medium sedentibus quam ab ullis philosophis ullā in scholā disputatur,Cic. Off. 2, 25, 90: qui cum in scholā assedissent,id. de Or. 1, 22, 102; 1, 13, 56; Suet. Gram. 17; Quint. 3, 11. 26: politus e scholā,Cic. Pis. 25, 59: e philosophorum scholis tales fere evadunt,id. Or. 27, 95; Quint. 1, prooem. § 17; 12, 3, 12: rhetorum,id. 12, 2, 23: potiorem in scholis eruditionem esse quam domi,id. 2, 3, 10; 5, 13, 45; so (opp. forum) id. 5, 13, 36: ut ab Homero in scholis,Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 2.A gallery where works of art were exhibited: Octaviae scholae,Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29; cf. id. 35, 10, 3, § 114. Scholae bestiarum, a place where animals fight, an amphitheatre, Tert. Apol. 35.The disciples or followers of a teacher, a school, sect: clamabunt omnia gymnasia atque omnes philosophorum scholae, sua haec esse omnia propria,Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 56: ejus (Isocratis) schola principes oratorum dedit,Quint. 12, 10, 22; cf.: Theodori schola,id. 3, 11, 26: scholae Asclepiadis,Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 76: dissederunt hae diu scholae,id. 29, 1, 5, § 6: Cassianae scholae princeps,Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 8. In the time of the later emperors, a college or corporation of the army or of persons of the same profession: Schola Exceptorum, Chartulariorum, Singulariorum, etc., Cod. Th. 12, 20, 20; 12, 17, 2 et saep.; Cod. Just. 4, 65, 35; Amm. 14, 7, 12.The building of that corporation, Inscr. in Jahn's Neue Jahrb. vol. 66, p. 338.A place in a bathing-room where one waited before entering the bath, a waiting-place, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.
scholaris schŏlāris, e, adj.schola. Of or belonging to a school (late Lat.): incohamenta,Mart. Cap. 3, § 326: murmur, Prud. στεφ. 9, 16: declamatio,Hier. Ep. 36, 14. (Acc. to schola, I. B. 2. b.) Subst.: schŏlāres, ĭum, m., the imperial guard, Cod. Th. 11, 18, 1; 7, 4, 34; Cod. Just. 12, 38, 14.
scholasticus schŏlastĭcus, a, um. Adj. = σχολαστικός,of or belonging to a school, scholastic (post-Aug., and in gen. referring to the schools of rhetoric): controversiae,Quint. 4, 2, 92; 4, 2, 97; Tac. Or. 14 fin.: materia,Quint. 11, 1, 82: declamationes,Gell. 15, 1, 1: scholasticae atque umbraticae litterae,Plin. Ep. 9, 2, 3: lex,id. ib. 2, 20, 9. As subst.: schŏlastĭca, ōrum, n.plur., school-exercises: in scholasticis nonnumquam evenit, ut pro narratione sit propositio,Quint. 4, 2, 30; 7, 1, 14.Subst.: schŏlastĭcus, i, m., one who teaches or studies rhetoric, a lecturer in the schools, a rhetorician (opp. to a public orator): (Isaeus rhetor) annum sexagesimum excessit et adhuc scholasticus tantum est, etc.,Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5 sq.; cf.: nunc adulescentuli nostri deducuntur in scenas scholasticorum qui rhetores vocantur, quos, etc., Tac. Or. 35; 26fin.; Suet. Rhet. 6; Quint. 12, 11, 16; Petr. 6: contentis scholasticorum clamoribus,i. e.
with the applause of the scholars
,Tac. Or. 15. Of rhetoricians, who, on account of their knowledge of law, acted as pleaders or advocates in lawsuits, Cod. Th. 8, 10, 2; Aug. Tract. in Joann. 7. As a term of reproach, a pedant: heus tu scholastice,App. M. 2, p. 119, 8; Petr. 61, 4. In gen., a man of learning, a scholar, Alex. Aur. ap. Capit. Maxim. jun. 3; Veg. 4, prooem. § 2; Hier. Vir. Ill. 99 al. Of a grammarian, Verg. Cat. 7, 4. Hence, adv.: schŏlastĭcē, rhetorically, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 4.
scholicus schŏlĭcus, a, um, adj., = σχολικός,of or belonging to a school, school- (anteand post-class.): dape, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 1: quaedam nugalia,Gell. 4, 1, 1: axioma,Mart. Cap. 4, § 327.
sciadeus scĭădeus, ĕi, m., and scĭaena, ae, f., = σκιαδεύς and σκίαινα, the male and female of a sea-fish; perh. a kind of grayling or ombre: Salmo thymallus, Linn.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151.
sciaena scĭaena, ae, v. sciadeus.
sciagraphia scĭāgrăphĭa, ae, v. scenographia fin.
Sciapodes Sciāpŏdes (Scĭŏpŏdes), um, m., = Σκιάποσες,a fabulous people in Libya, with monstrously large soles to their feet, which they were said to turn up and use as umbrellas, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23; Tert. Apol. 8; Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 8.
scibilis scībĭlis, e, adj.scio, that can be known, knowable, discernible (post-class.): Deus non omnibus scibilis,Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 16: scientia rei,Mart. Cap. 4, § 375.
scientia scĭentĭa, ae, f. (plur. only Vitr. 1, 1, 18; 3, praef. 1) [sciens], a knowing or being skilled in any thing, knowledge, science, skill,expertness, = cognitio, eruditio (freq. and class.). Absol.: aut scire istarum rerum nihil, aut, etiamsi maxime sciemus, nec meliores ob eam scientiam nec beatiores esse possumus,Cic. Rep. 1, 19, 32: se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem referre,id. ib. 5, 3, 5: Antiochus ingenio scientiāque putatur excellere,id. Ac. 2, 2, 4: omnes trahimur ad cognitionis et scientiae cupiditatem ... omnis autem cogitatio aut in consiliis capiendis aut in studiis scientiae cognitionisque versabitur,id. Off. 1, 6, 18 sq.; so (with cognitio) id. ib. 1, 44, 158; id. Fin. 5, 12, 34; 5, 18, 48 al.: exercere altissimam eruditionem ac scientiam,Quint. 1, 4, 6: his difficultatibus duae res erant subsidio, scientia atque usus militum,Caes. B. G. 2, 20; cf. so (with usus) infra, β: nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari, quae hujus viri scientiam fugere possit,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: notabo singulas res: etsi nullo modo poterit oratio mea satisfacere vestrae scientiae,id. Phil. 2, 23, 57; id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: tuae scientiae excellenti ac singulari non multo plus quam nostri relictum est loci, i. e. for jurisprudence than for oratory, id. Fam. 4, 3, 4: ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,id. de Or. 2, 7, 30: etsi ars, cum eā non utare, scientiā tamen ipsā teneri potest,
scientiola scĭentĭŏla, ae, f.dim.scientia, a little knowledge, a smattering, Aug. Civ. Dei, 11, 31: parvas concinnavit scientiolas artium,Arn. 2, 56.
scilicet scīlĭcet, adv.contr. from sci- (root of scire) licet; cf. vide-licet, i-licet, or scīre lĭcet, as it is freq. written in Lucr. and in archaic lang. in Liv., and sometimes in Cels.; prop., you may understand or know, = Gr. δηλονότι, and serving to imply that a statement is in itself obviously true, and is not overlooked by the speaker (cf. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3). Lit., it is evident, clear, plain, or manifest; of course, naturally, evidently, certainly, undoubtedly, etc. (freq. and class.; cf.: nimirum, nempe). With obj.-clause on account of scire (ante-class., and several times in Sall.; cf. videlicet): Pa. Neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat, etc. Di. Optumumst: Ita scilicet facturam,
,Cic. Att. 13, 3, 1: me in dolore ... maxime scilicet consolatur spes, etc.,id. Fam. 1, 6, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 2: quid ad haec Naevius? ridet scilicet nostram amentiam, qui, etc.,id. Quint. 17, 55: ego valde suspenso animo exspecto, primum te scilicet, deinde Marionem,id. Fam. 16, 3, 2; id. Att. 2, 19, 4: videtis ut senectus sit operosa et semper agens aliquid et moliens: tale scilicet, quale cujusque studium in superiore vita fuit,
such
,
naturally
,id. Sen. 8, 26: Brutus terram osculo contigit: scilicet, quod ea communis mater omnium mortalium esset,
evidently because
,Liv. 1, 56 fin. Often followed by sed, tamen, etc.: cognoscat (orator) rerum gestarum et memoriae veteris ordinem, maxime scilicet nostrae civitatis, sed etiam imperiosorum populorum et regum illustrium,Cic. Or. 34, 120: scilicet nimis hic quidem est progressus, sed ex eo ipso est conjectura facilis,id. de Or. 3, 23, 128; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2: maxime scilicet in homine, sed in omni animali,id. Fin. 5, 20, 55: me species quaedam commovit, inanis scilicet, sed commovit tamen,id. ib. 5, 1, 3: nihil scilicet novi, ea tamen quae te ipsum probaturum esse confidam,id. ib. 1, 8, 28: tuli scilicet moleste, ut debui, sed tamen constitui ad te venire,id. Fam. 9, 23: tu interea Romae scilicet amicis praesto fuisti; sed tamen illud cogita, etc.,id. Mur. 20, 42; id. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: Meneclides quidam, satis exercitatus in dicendo, ut Thebanus scilicet,Nep. Epam. 5, 2: nota scilicet illa res, cum Decimus quidam Verginius, etc., that event is surely well known, etc., id. Rep. 2, 37, 63. In an assertion put in the form of a question: Ch. Huc cum advenio, nulla erat. Pa. Comites secuti scilicet sunt virginem? followed her of course, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 54. Elliptically (only ante-class.): manifesta palam res indicat, inquis, in auras Aëris e terrā res omnes crescere alique, etc. ... Scilicet: et nisi nos, etc.,
to be sure
,
by all means
,
quite right
,
certainly
,Lucr. 1, 809. Esp. as an answer: Le. Abi ad meam sororem. St. Ibitur. Le. Et gratulator meae sorori. St. Scilicet, of course, certainly, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 178; id. Ps. 4, 7, 82; id. Poen. 3, 2, 23; 3, 4, 25; id. Rud. 4, 3, 12; Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11; 5, 8, 10; id. Ad. 4, 7, 11; 4, 7, 33; id. Hec. 3, 5, 17; id. Phorm. 5, 3, 9. In partic., of course, to be sure, doubtless, certainly, forsooth, when an assertion that is obviously false is ironically made or accepted (class.): Si. Meum gnatum rumor est amare. Da. Id populus curat scilicet! of course people trouble themselves a great deal about that!Ter. And. 1, 2, 14 (also cited Cic. Att. 13, 34); cf.: scilicet is superis labor est, ea cura quietos Sollicitat,Verg. A. 4, 379; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1: et ego id scilicet nesciebam!id. Fin. 2, 31, 102: et tu scilicet mavis numine deorum id factum quam casu arbitrari?id. Div. 2, 21, 47; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142: scilicet tibi graviorem dolorem patrui tui mors attulit quam C. Graccho fratris, et tibi acerbior ejus patrui mors est, quem numquam vidisti quam illi ejus fratris, quicum concordissime vixerat, etc.,id. Rab. Perd. 5, 14: scilicet is sum, qui existimem, Cn. Pisonem et Catilinam nihil scelerate ipsos per sese sine P. Sullā facere potuisse,id. Sull. 24, 67; id. Pis. 9, 19; Quint. 8, prooem. § 25; cf.: unde illa scilicet egregia laudatio: Tanto melior, ne ego quidem intellexi,id. 8, 2, 18: scilicet medio triennio defuerat tempus, etc.,Tac. A. 6, 23; 1, 8fin.; 3, 59; 11, 24; id. Agr. 2 al.Transf., in the postAug. per. sometimes, like δηλονότι in later Greek, merely as an expletory or explanatory particle, namely, to wit, that is to say: quaedam etiam opera sub nomine alieno, nepotum scilicet et uxoris sororisque, fecit,Suet. Aug. 29; id. Tib. 14: manente villā, qualis fuerit olim, ne quid scilicet oculorum consuetudini deperiret,id. Vesp. 2; so, ne scilicet,id. Gram. 4; Vulg. Gen. 2, 25 et saep.
scindo scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a.akin to Gr. σχίζω, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio, to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf.ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo). Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: crines,Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683: capillos,id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf., in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,Ov. M. 8, 526: vela,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: epistulam,Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9: vestem,
,Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf. nihil (edulium),Mart. 3, 12, 2: aves in frusta,Sen. Brev. Vit. 12. Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places: dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,Tac. G. 43: frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,Mel. 2, 4, 7. Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch. In gen.: se (lutamenta),Cato, R. R. 128: se (nubes),Verg. A. 1, 587. Mid.: omnis fumus, vapor, etc. ... scinduntur per iter flexum,Lucr. 4, 91: scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551. Absol.: sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.To destroy: scindunt proceres Pergamum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.: aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,Lucr. 3, 994: quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2: non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,
,Quint. 11, 3, 20: sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,
divides
,
branches off
,Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.: naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,Sen. Ep. 89, 16: scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13: scindebatur in multiplices curas,Amm. 16, 3, 3. Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.Lit.: folia pluribus divisuris,Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48: vitis folio,id. 14, 2, 4, § 23: scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,id. 11, 37, 50, § 136: alumen,Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which: scissile alumen,Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11): vestibus,Vulg. Job, 2, 12.Trop.: genus vocum,
scintillatio scintillātĭo, ōnis, f.scintillo, a sparkling: oculorum, as a disease,Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 80.
scintillo scintillo, āvi, 1, v. n.scintilla, to sparkle, glitter, glow, gleam, flash (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. fulguro). Lit.: templa caeli,Lucr. 6, 644: fulgetra,Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 113: clipeus ardens,id. 2, 34, 34, § 100: testā ardente oleum,Verg. G. 1, 392: oculi,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 77: carbunculi contra radios solis,Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95: cristae,Sil. 7, 593.Trop.: scintillavit cruentis Ira genis,Sil. 9, 562: tunc Venus et calidi scintillat fervor amoris,Calp. 5, 22: cupiditatis ardor, qui scintillet in animis audientium,Ambros. Psa. 118, Serm. 18, 22.
scintillula scintillŭla, ae, f.dim.id., a little spark, sparklet (rare): eas in pueris virtutum quasi scintillulas videmus, e quibus accendi philosophi ratio debet,Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 43: vitae,Tert. Anim. 23: animae,Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 91 Fleck.
,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; 2, 2, 15; id. Most. 4, 3, 19; id. Men. 2, 2, 23; 3, 2, 35 al.; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 7; Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4; Quint. 9, 1, 17; 9, 4, 63 al.; cf.: quantum ego quidem sciam,Quint. 3, 1, 19. Pass.: quod quom scibitur, per urbem irridebor,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 5: ars earum rerum est, quae sciuntur,Cic. de Or. 2, 7, 30: an nihil certum sciri possit,id. ib. 1, 51, 222: id de Marcello aut certe de Postumiā sciri potest, can be learned from Marcellus, etc., id. Att. 12, 22, 2. With inf., or more freq. with object-clause: qui uti sciat,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27: si sciret regibus uti,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 14: antequam declamare sciat,Quint. 2, 1, 3: si docere sciant et velint,id. 10, 5, 19: digredi a re et redire ad propositum suum scierit,id. 9, 2, 4 et saep.: vincere scis, Hannibal,Liv. 22, 51, 4: qui nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat,id. 22, 29, 8: qui tegere liberos sciat,id. 1, 53, 8; 38, 52, 2; Curt. 4, 2, 14: scio, fortunas secundas neglegentiam prendere solere, Cato ap. Fest, s.v. parsi, p. 210: dii sciunt, culpam meam istanc non esse ullam,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41: scio, tibi ita placere,Cic. Rep. 1, 30, 46: quas (leges) scitis exstare,id. ib. 5, 2, 3: scimus L. Atilium appellatum esse sapientem id. Lael. 2, 6: scis, In breve te cogi,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 7: scire licet, nobis venas et sanguen ... alienigenis ex partibus esse, it is easy to see that, etc., Lucr. 1, 860 (shortly before and after, scilicet); so, scire licet,id. 1, 894; 2, 930; 2, 967; 3, 873 et saep.; Liv. 1, 39, 3; Cels. 1, 1 fin.; 1, 2; 3, 2 al. So, in familiar style, imper. scito, be assured, I reply that, remember, etc.: fenestrarum angustias quod reprehendis, scito te Κύρου παιδείαν reprehendere, Cic. Att. 2, 3, 2; 12, 21, 5: scito hoc nos in eo judicio consecutos esse, ut, etc.,id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 24; 5, 20, 7; cf.: istis contumeliis scitote Q. Lollium coactum, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; 2, 3, 56, § 129. Esp., introducing a conclusion, after si, sin, nisi: si venturus es, scito necesse esse te venire,Cic. Fam. 9, 4 init.: sin ista pax perditum hominem restitutura est, hoc animo scito omnis sanos, etc.,id. ib. 10, 27, 1: si vos semel finem legis transieritis, scitote vos nullum ceteris in aestimando finem improbitatis reliquisse,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220; 2, 4, 30, § 68; id. Cat. 2, 10, 23. Rarely in part. pres. (postAug.; cf. P. a., infra): interrogant an vir daturus sit beneficium ingrato, sciens ingratum esse,Sen. Ben. 4, 26, 1: Laqueo vitam finiit, sciens et in Maximino multum esse roboris,Capitol. in Max. 19: totam hereditatem sciens ad se non pertinere,Gai. Inst. 4, 144. Impers.: hoc scitis omnes, usque adeo hominem in periculo fuisse, quoad scitum sit, Sestium vivere,Cic. Sest. 38, 82. Pass., with nom. and inf.: Christus scitur vocis simplicis jussione ambulatum dedisse contractis,Arn. 1, 48. With a rel.-clause: isti jam sciunt, negotii quid sit,Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 13: ut sciamus, quid dicamus mox pro testimonio,id. ib. 3, 2, 19: scin' quam iracundus siem?id. Bacch. 4, 2, 12: cuivis facile scitu est, quam fuerim miser,Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 15: cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet,Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46: Sestium quanti faciam, ipse optime scio,id. Fam. 13, 8, 1: ex tribus istis modis rerum publicarum velim scire quod optimum judices,id. ib. 1, 30, 46: ut eum (hostem) non modo esse, sed etiam, quis et unde sit, scire possimus,id. ib. 2, 3, 6: coqua est haec quidem: Scit muriatica ut maceret,Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 39; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 18; Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Hor. C. 3, 4, 42 al.: scire velis, mea cur opuscula lector Laudet,id. Ep. 1, 19, 35; 2, 2, 187: quī scis, an, quae jubeam, sine vi faciat?Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 20; Hor. C. 4, 7, 17; id. A. P. 462; cf. the phrase haud scio an, under an. Pass.: hinc sciri potuit, Quo studio vitam suam te absente exegerit,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 38: scito ... nec, quando futura sint comitia, sciri, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 2. With indic. in the rel.-clause (ante-class.): Ba. Scio, quid ago. Pi. Et pol ego scio, quid metuo, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 45; cf.: scitin' quid ego vos rogo?id. Men. 5, 9, 92: scis tu, ut confringi vas cito Samium solet,id. Bacch. 2, 2, 24: jam ego ex hoc, ut factum est, scibo,id. Men. 5, 2, 57; instead of which, with subj.: ex me primo prima scires, rem ut gessissem publicam,id. Am. 1, 3, 26: ex hoc scibo quid siet,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 59; id. Hec. 4, 2, 4. With de: jam vero de legibus, de bello, de pace ... scisse,Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 58. (ε) Absol.: hi sciunt, qui hic affuerunt,Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 31: quom videbis, tum scies,id. Bacch. 1, 2, 37: Pi. Quī scire possum? Ch. Nullus plus, id. ib. 2, 2, 13: quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi,Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 1; so, ut scitis, parenthetically,id. ib. 1, 14, 21; 2, 31, 54; 6, 9, 9; id. Lael. 21, 77; cf. scio alone, parenthetically: injurato scio plus credet mihi quam jurato tibi,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 281: ego abeo: tu jam scio patiere,id. As. 2, 2, 111: quam tu propediem effliges scio,id. ib. 4, 2, 9 et saep.: scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter,Pers. 1, 27: nemo ex me scibit,Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 38. Pass.: non opus est dicto ... at scito huic opus est,Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 14: plus, quam opus est scito, sciet,id. ib. 4, 1, 18; so, with adv. or adverb.-clause: non tam praeclarum est scire Latine, quam turpe nescire,Cic. Brut. 37, 140; so, Latine,id. Fin. 2, 4, 13; Liv. 1, 27: luculenter Graece,Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15: Graece,id. Fam. 9, 22, 3: ubi hanc forma videt honesta virginem, Et fidibus scire,
Scipio Scīpĭo, ōnis, m.1. scipio, the name of a celebrated family in the gens Cornelia, the most famous members of which were the two conquerors of the Carthaginians, P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus major, in the second, and P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus minor, in the third Punic war. In hexameter verse scanned nom. Scīpĭŏ, Luc. 4, 658; Sil. 8, 548; 10, 427; 13, 386; 13, 449 al.; cf., in the foll., 3. init. Hence, Scīpĭōnĕus, a, um, adj., of the Scipios (late Lat.), Fab. Cl. Gord. Fulg. Act. Mundi, 11, p. 141.Scīpĭŏnārĭus, a, um, adj.: a Scipione quidam male dicunt Scipioninos: nam est Scipionarios,Varr. L. L. 9, § 71 Müll.Scīpĭădes or -as, ae, m. (cf. Prisc. p. 582 P), one of the Scipio family, a Scipio (poet. for Scipio, the oblique cases of which could not stand in hexameter verse): Scipiadas, belli fulmen, Carthaginis horror,Lucr. 3, 1034; v. Lachm. ad h. 1.; Lucil. ap. Fest. s. v. scurrae, p. 294 Müll.; nom. Scipiades, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. praef. 1; gen., dat. Scipiadae, Prop. 3, 11, 59 (4, 10, 67); Hor. S. 2, 1, 72; Claud. B. Get. 141; acc. Scipiadem, Hor. S. 2, 1, 17; v. Heind. and Duntz. ad h. 1.; plur. nom. Scipiadae, Manil. 2, 790; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 381; gen. Scipiadum, id. Laud. Seren. 42; acc. Scipiadas, Verg. G. 2, 170; Claud. ap. Prop. et Olybr. 149.
Sciron Scīron, ōnis, m., an Epicurean philosopher in Cicero's time: omnia meminit Sciron Epicuri dogmata,Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106.
scirpeus scirpĕus (sirp-), a, umscirpus. Adj., of rushes, rush-: ratis,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9: clava, Nov. ap. Fest. s. v. scirpus, p. 330 Müll.: simulacra, i. e. images of men made of rushes, which were thrown into the Tiber annually, Ov. F. 5, 622 (v. Argei); also imago,id. ib. 5, 659: fila, a rush-wick of wax tapers, Prud. Cath. 5, 15: fiscella,Vulg. Exod. 2, 3.Subst.: scirpĕa (sirp-), ae, f., a basket-work of rushes to form the body of a wagon (generally used for carrying manure), Varr. L. L. 5, § 139 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5; Ov. F. 6, 680; Just. 43, 4, 6; Arn. 2, n. 38.
scirpiculus scirpĭcŭlus (sirp- and surp-), a, umid.. Adj., of or made of rushes. So with falces (their use is unknown), Cato, R. R. 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; id. L. L. 5, § 137 Müll.: fiscella,Vulg. Exod. 2, 3. More freq., Subst.: scirpĭcŭlus (sirp-, surp-), i, m., a basket made of rushes, a rush-basket: surpiculi olerorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 490, 24; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Col. poët. 10, 305; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 40. piscarii,
scirpus scirpus (sometimes sirpus), i, m.A rush, bulrush, Plin. 16, 37, 70, § 178; 7, 56, 57, § 206; Fest. p. 330 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 39; Vulg. Job, 8, 11. Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to seek a knot in a bulrush, to find a difficulty where there is none: quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.); so, in scirpo nodum quaeris,Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; and: no dum in scirpo quaeris,Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.Transf., deriving the idea of intricacy from plaited work of rushes, a riddle, enigma: quae Graeci dicunt aenigmata, hoc genus quidam e nostris veteribus scirpos appellaverunt,Gell. 12, 6, 1.
sciscitor sciscĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [scisco], to inform one's self; to ask, inquire, question, examine, interrogate, etc. (class.; syn.: percontor, interrogo); constr. regularly, ex (ab) aliquo aliquid, de aliquā re, with a rel.clause or absol.; also (post-Aug.) with aliquem quid. With acc. rei: Epicuri ex Velleio sciscitabar sententiam,Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17: sententiam ex aliquo (with requirere),id. de Or. 1, 23, 105: id sciscitari,id. Or. 16, 52: consulis voluntatem,Liv. 7, 26. consilium ejus, Tac. H. 2, 33: imperia ducum sciscitando,id. ib. 1, 84: diversa,id. ib. 2, 34: mores naturasque hominum,Gell. 1, 9, 2. With de: de victoriă sciscitantes,Cic. Div. 1, 34, 76: de unoquoque nostrum sciscitantur omnes,id. Phil. 14, 7, 19: de Domitio, ut facis, sciscitare, ubi sit,id. Att. 9, 15, 4. With an indirect question: lubet prius sciscitari quid sit,Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 1, 9; 1, 54; 1, 56; 2, 12 al.; Suet. Claud. 10; id. Ner. 48; id. Vit. 17 al.: ab utroque sciscitor, cur, etc.,Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 21.Absol.: elicuit comiter sciscitando, ut fateretur, etc.,Liv. 6, 34; cf. id. 1, 5; Quint. 9, 2, 7: si de vetere jure discendum esset, issem plane sciscitatum ad istos,Gell. 12, 13, 3. (ε) Aliquem: sciscitatum deos descendunt,Liv. 45, 27: ut mane singulos, anne jentassent, sciscitaretur,Suet. Vit. 7; so id. Calig. 28; id. Dom. 15.Act. collat. form: paucula etiam sciscitare prius volo,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 52. sciscĭtātus, a, um, pass.: omnium sententiis occultius sciscitatis,Amm. 25, 8, 12.
scisco scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 (dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.Transf. Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio): nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus ... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,Cic. Fl. 7, 15: illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23: rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,Liv. 42, 21 fin.: adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,id. 1, 17 fin.: ad sciscendum plebi,id. 6, 35: si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.: qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,id. Off. 3, 11, 46. Pass.: multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.: illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.). Poet., with obj.-clause: munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,Sil. 7, 545.Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing: qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36: quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,id. Planc. 14, 35. To learn, ascertain, know: ut illi id factum sciscerent,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). Trop., of nature, to decree, establish: confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23. Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a. (Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis ... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.): hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151: mulier scita atque prudens,Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.): sycophanta,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8: homo,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23: convivator,
,Ov. M. 9, 108: Thalia lyrae,id. F. 5, 54: Sthenelus pugnandi,Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. With obj.-clause (poet.): scitus accendere corda Laudibus,Sil. 17, 293: accendere Martem,id. 15, 594. Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.: pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf. interrogationes,Quint. 5, 7, 28. Sup.: oratio optima et scitissima,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30: si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51: oratoris dictum,Tac. A. 6, 20. Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.: scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,id. Lael. 24, 90; Scytharum legati,Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148: scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,
a clever thing
,id. 35, 10, 36, § 81: hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2: scitum est causam conferre in tempus,Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.; syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf. Iphis,Petr. 63, 3: mulierculae formae scitioris,Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus): vox admodum scita et canora,Gell. 18, 5, 2: haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta. (Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate): scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4: quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54: quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,id. Rep. 2, 37, 63: plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus). In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58. In the order scitum plebis: de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22fin.: scita plebis injuncta patribus,id. 3, 67; 22, 26; Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19: Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so, in one word, populiscitum,Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2: ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58. Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita: cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,Cic. Balb. 18, 42. Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.: decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,Liv. 1, 20: quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146: regis,Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. δόγμα,a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10. Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.): eho, nimium scite scitus es,Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.: tondetur nimium scite,id. Merc. 3, 1, 28: satis scite et probe,id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode): (rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.: scite et venuste facta,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87: illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,id. ib. 2, 4, 24, § 54: non scite (dictum),id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so, dictum,Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166: scite loqui,Liv. 10, 19: parum scite convivium exornare,Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. Comp.: scitius,Gell. 4, 11, 10. Sup.: scitissime,Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.
scissilis scissĭlis, e, adj.scindo. That may easily be split, cleft, or rent: alumen,Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11: lapis,id. 6, 6, 30. (Postclass.) scissus, a, um, rent, torn: palliastrum,App. M. 1, p. 104, 27; cf. centunculus,id. 9, p. 222, 27: fasciae,Veg. 3, 47, 3.
scissim scissim, adv.id., by rending, cleaving, or dividing (late Lat.), Prud. Enchir. Vet. Test. 9.
scissio scissĭo, ōnis, f.id., a cleaving, dividing, scission of a number (late Lat.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Vulg. Amos, 6, 12.
Scissis Scissis, is, f., a town of Hispania Tarraconensis, probably in the territory of the Lacetani, Liv. 21, 60 fin.
scissor scissor, ōris, m.scinde. One who cleaves or divides, a carver, Petr. 36, 6.A kind of gladiator, Inscr. Orell. 2569.
,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60: ab aliquo,Ov. M. 1, 775; 10, 357: consulta numinum,Amm. 24, 8, 4: scitari, quid molirentur,id. 18, 2, 2.
scitule scītŭlē, adv., v. scitulus fin.
scitulus scītŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. scitus, A. 2.], handsome, pretty, neat, trim, elegant (ante- and post-class.): facies,Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 7: forma atque aetatula,id. ib. 4, 1, 3; App. M. 2, 113, 19: juvenem formulae scitulae,id. ib. 3, 136, 13: caupona,id. ib. 1, p. 105, 23: pusiones,Arn. 5, 179. Adv.: scītŭlē, elegantly, gracefully, App. M. 2, p. 123, 8; 7, p. 192, 35; 10, p. 253, 38.
scitum scītum, i, n., v. scisco, P. a., A. 1. and B.
scitus scītus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of scisco.
scitus scītus, ūs, m.scisco, with plebi, for the more usual plebiscitum, a decree or ordinance of the people: neque populi jussu neque plebi scitu, Vet. Decr. ap. Cic. Att. 4, 2, 3: comitia deinde de senatūs sententiā plebique scitu sunt habita,Liv. 25, 7, 5.
scius scĭus, a, um, adj.scio, knowing, having knowledge of a thing (mostly ante- and post-class., and rare for sciens, gnarus, peritus). Absol.: neque quemquam invenit scium, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 634: mulieres plus sciae,Petr. 63, 9: puto eos prudentes et scios mendacia defendenda suscipere,
knowingly
,
wittingly
,Lact. 3, 24 fin.; Vulg. Ecclus. 21, 18. With gen.: rerum,Lact. 2, 14, 6: Latinae linguae,Macr. S. 6, 9 fin.
scopelismos scŏpĕlismos, i, m., also written as Gr. σκοπελισμός,a crime said to be practised in Arabia, where a man places stones in his enemy's field, as a threat that whoever shall dare cultivate it shall be slain: quae res tantum timorem habet, ut nemo ad eum agrum accedere audeat, crudelitatem timens eorum qui scopelismon fecerunt,Dig. 47, 11, 9.
scopes scōpes, um, f., = σκῶπες,a kind of owl, Plin. 10, 49, 70, § 138; from Hom. Od. 5, 66.
scorpionius scorpĭōnĭus, a, um, adj.scorpio, of or belonging to a scorpion, scorpion-: genus cucumeris,Plin. 20, 1, 3, § 8.
scorpios scorpĭos, ii, v. scorpio.
scorpitis scorpītis, ĭdis, f., = σκορπῖτις,a precious stone, resembling the scorpion in color or shape, Plin. 37, 11, 72, § 187.
scorpiurus scorpĭūrus (-ūros, App. Herb. 72), i, m., = σκορπίουρος,scorpion's-tail, a kind of heliotrope, App. Herb. 49. Also called scorpĭūron, Plin. 22, 21, 29, § 60.
scortatus scortātus, ūs, m.id., whoredom, App. M. 5, p. 171, 17.
scortes scortesid est pelles testium arietinorum a pellibus dicti, Fest. pp. 330 and 331 Müll. [scortum, I.].
scorteus scortĕus, a, um, adj.scortum, I., made of hides or leather, leathern: etiam nunc dicimus scortea ea, quae ex corio ac pellibus sunt facta,Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.; cf. Ov. F. 1, 629; and Fest. s. v. scorta, p. 330 Müll.: fascinum,Petr. 138, 1: pulvinus,Cels. 8, 12: asses, Hier. Chron. ad annum MCCC. In a lusus verbb.: scorteum scortum,i. e.
wrinkled
,
old
,App. M. 1, p. 105, 36. Subst.: scortĕa, ae, f. (sc. vestis), a garment of skins or leather, Sen. Q. N. 4, 6; Mart. 14, 130; Isid. 20, 7, 1.
scortillum scortillum, i, n.dim.scortum, II., a little or young harlot, Cat. 10, 3; cf. ‡ scortulum.
Scoti Scōti (Scotti), ōrum, m., the Scots, a people in the northern part of Britain, in the mod. Scotland, Amm. 27, 8, 5; 26, 4, 5; Hier. in Jovin. 2, 7. In sing.: Scotus, collect.,Claud. B. Get. 417; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 33; id. Laud. Stil. 2, 251. Hence, Scō-tĭa, ae, f., the land of the Scots, = Hibernia, Isid. 14, 6, 6.Scōtĭcus (Scott-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scotland, Scottish, Scotch: tela,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 254.
scotia scŏtĭa, ae, f., = σκοτία, in architect. A hollow moulding in the base of a column, a scotia, Vitr. 3, 5, 2.A gutter at the end of a cornice, Vitr. 4, 3, 6.
Scoticus Scōtĭcus, a, um, v. Scoti fin.
Scotinus Scŏtīnus, i, m., = Σκοτεινός (the Obscure), an epithet of Heraclitus: legati ad Hannibalem missi Heraclitus, cui Scotino cognomen erat, etc.,Liv. 23, 39, 3 (v. Munro ad Lucr. 1, 639); cf.: Heraclitus cui cognomen fecit orationis obscuritas,Sen. Ep. 12, 7 (as Greek, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15).
scotomaticus scŏtōmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = σκοτωματικός,of or belonging to dimness of vision: passio,Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 2. Hence, subst.: scŏtōmătĭcus, i, m., a dim-sighted person, Scrib. Comp. 99; Theod. Prisc. 2, 3.
scrapta scrapta or scratta (also scrātĭa and scrattĭa), ae, f., an epithet of an unchaste woman, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 6; id. ap. Non. 169, 8; id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. N. cr.; and Titin. ap. Fest. p. 333 ib. (Com. Rel. p. 124 Rib.).
scriba scrība, ae, m.scribo, a public or official writer, a clerk, secretary, scribe (whereas librarius or scriba librarius denotes a private secretary or amanuensis; notarius, a short-hand writer): scribas proprio nomine antiqui et librarios et poëtas vocabant. At nunc dicuntur scribae quidem librarii, qui rationes publicas scribunt in tabulis, etc.,Fest. p. 333 Müll.: (scribarum) ordo est honestus, quod eorum hominum fidei tabellae publicae periculaque magistratuum committuntur, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183; cf. id. ib. 2, 3, 78, § 182; 2, 3, 80, § 184 sq.; 2, 3, 80, § 187; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Clu. 45, 126; id. Agr. 2, 13, 32 (distinguished from librarii): meus,id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; Liv. 2, 12; 22, 57; 40, 29; Suet. Claud. 1; 38; id. Vesp. 3; Hor. S. 1, 5, 35; 2, 5, 56; id. Ep. 1, 8, 2 et saep.; cf. also: SCRIBA AB EPISTOLIS LATINIS,Inscr. Orell. 41; 2437; and: SCRIBA LIBRARIVS,ib. 1621; 2950 al. (Eccl. Lat.) A doctor of the Jewish law, one whose duty it was to guard and expound the sacred text, Vulg. 2 Reg. 8, 17; id. Matt. 23, 2 et saep.
scribatus scrībātus, ūs, m.scriba, the office of a scribe or secretary; a clerkship, secretaryship: ad scribatum nominatus,Cod. Just. 7, 62, 4; cf. 2. scriptus.
scriblitarius scriblitārĭus, ii, m.scriblita, a tart-baker, pastry-cook (with pistor), Afran. ap. Non. 131, 27 (Com. Rel. p. 157 Rib.).
scribo scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a.root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. γράφω; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben, prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence, In gen. Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo): in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.: litteras, tabellas,id. Ps. 1, 1, 28: (littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28: nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28; 12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.: hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83. cf.: scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343: in aquā,Cat. 68, 4; cf. also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis): scribere decore,
to write a good hand
,Amm. 30, 9, 4: erat scriptum ipsius manu,Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: suā manu scripsit,Liv. 37, 10. Of drawing, etc.: si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,
has branded a runaway
,Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. στεφ. 10, 557: totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,Cat. 37, 10: (Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113: ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,
,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep. Of written communications, letters, etc.: epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1: haec scripsi properans,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5: litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,id. ib. 3, 9, 3: litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,Liv. 41, 16: plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3: scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,id. ib. 6, 4, 11: haec ad te scripsi verbosius,id. Fam. 7, 3, 5: scriptā jam epistulā superiore,id. ib. 1, 9, 26: non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,id. Att. 4, 4, a: epistulam,Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.: scribere salutem,
to send a greeting
,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.: laudes atque gratias populo Romano,Gell. 3, 8, 5. With a personal object: nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,
written down
,Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48: per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.: scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,id. C. 1, 6, 1. With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11. With object-clause: in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15: ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.: Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,id. ib. 2, 13, 2: quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,id. ib. 3, 13, 1: Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,id. ib. 15, 8, 2: Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,Quint. 11, 1, 92: post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep. In pass., with nom. or acc.: eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1: scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123. With rel.-clause: nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1: scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,id. Fam. 7, 12, 2: ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,id. ib. 14, 2, 2.Absol.: quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13: Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19: poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7: sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,Hor. A. P. 38: sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.: Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25: ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,id. ib. 6, 2, 8: denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,Ov. Tr. 2, 495. So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re: tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3: ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,id. ib. 3, 27: nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,id. ib. 14, 12, 3: senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.: scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,id. ib. 5, 8, 3: in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,id. ib. 2, 16, 11: ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.: Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep. With ut, ne, etc.: velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1: ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6. With dat.: consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29. With ne: Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,Liv. 30, 23. With simple subj.: scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. In Tac. also, with inf.: scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures: scriptum est,i. e.
it is said in Holy Writ
,Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep. Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import. Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.: quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so, leges,id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf. in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and: testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7: haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2. So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4: quod me esse ad scribendum vides,id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum): Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,
,Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13. Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like δίκην γράφειν τινί,to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.): Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14: omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25. Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir: testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,Caes. B. C. 3, 108: quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87: aliquem coheredem,Tac. Agr. 43 fin.: aliquem exheredem,
,Dig. 29, 2, 71. Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.: pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for: scribit nummos,id. ib. 2, 4, 34: sibi creditam pecuniam,Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7: genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,ib. 4, 4, 17: lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo. Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz., (Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.: in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,Quint. 11, 2, 38; v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217. (Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.): ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,
the writing
,
the written expression
,Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19: incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,
have left something written concerning it
,
speak of it in their writings
,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36: quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,id. de Or. 2, 46, 194: utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3: in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,Quint. 1, 1, 15: Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,
,Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28: ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,id. Fam. 5, 12, 1: scripta recitare,Hor. S. 1, 4, 75: nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,id. ib. 1, 10, 56: Graecorum Scripta optima,id. Ep. 2, 1, 29: si non accipiet scriptum,Ov. A. A. 1, 469: debueram scripto certior esse tuo,id. H. 6, 4. (Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law: quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48: (Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.: (senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,
Scribonius Scrībōnĭus, i, m., name of a Roman gens. C. Scribonius Curio, a friend of Cicero, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 and 6, to whom are addressed Cic. Ep. ad Fam. 2, 1-7. Scribonius Largus Designatianus, a physician in the time of the Emperor Tiberius, author of a work De Compositione medicamentorum. Also, Scribonia, wife of Augustus, whom he divorced to marry Livia, Suet. Aug. 62; 69; Tac. A. 2, 27.
scriniarius scrīnĭārĭus, ii, m.scrinium, a keeper of the scrinium, Inscr. Grut. 587, 10; 643, 9; 1035, 5; 1111, 10; Cassiod. Var. 11, 22; 11, 24.
scriniolum scrīnĭŏlum, i, n.dim.id., a little case, box, or shrine; trop.: pectoris,Hier. Ep. 77, 7.
scrinium scrīnĭum, ii, n.scribo. Lit., a case, chest, or box for keeping books, papers, letters, etc.; a book-box, letter-case, escritoir (not in Cic.; syn.: capsa, cista): Flaccum praetorem scrinium cum litteris, quas a legatis acceperat, codem afferre jubet,Sall. C. 46, 6: epistularum,Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4; Plin. 7, 25, 26, § 94: vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco,
scriptilis scriptĭlis, e, adj.scribo, that can be written (post-class.): elementa,Amm. 17, 4, 15: elementorum viginti quattuor scriptiles formae incisae perite,
letters
,id. 29, 1, 30.
scriptio scriptĭo, ōnis, f.id., a writing (almost confined to Cic.). * In gen., the art of writing: quae (lippitudo) impediat scriptionem meam,Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2. In partic. A composing in writing, composition: nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,Cic. Brut. 24, 92: causam scriptione dignam,id. Fam. 9, 12, 2: instituta scriptio,id. de Or. 2, 1, 5: genus scriptionis,id. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. id. Or. 11, 37: ex scriptione interpretari,
scriptionalis scriptĭōnālis, e, adj.scriptio, of or belonging to writing (late Lat.): quaestio,Mart. Cap. 5, § 463.
scriptito scriptĭto (-pto, Prisc. 825; 1224 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.scribo. * In gen., to write often: in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum est, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69. In partic., to write, compose, etc. (usually with accessory notion of writing at one's own will, not officially or professionally; cf. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 2, p. 220; class.): et haec et si quid aliud ad me scribas velim vel potius scriptites,Cic. Att. 7, 12, 6: M. Bibulus scriptitavit accurate,
wrote
,
composed
,id. Brut. 77, 267: multum,id. de Or. 2, 23, 97: nisi diu multumque scriptitarit,id. ib. 1, 33, 152: Graeci quoque ipsi sic initio scriptitarunt, ut noster Cato,
used to write
,id. ib. 2, 12, 51: (primus Antonius) scriptitasse Othoni credebatur ducem se partibus offerens,Tac. H. 2, 86: ad Primum et Varum media scriptitabat,id. ib. 3, 52: talia sanctissimos homines scriptitasse,Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 3.
scriptiuncula scriptĭuncŭla, ae, f.dim.scriptio, a little piece of writing, little treatise (late Lat.), Salv. Gub. Dei, praef.
scriptor scriptor, ōris, m.scribo, one who writes. In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.), a writer, scribe, secretary (syn. librarius; very rare): addebat etiam, scriptores illos male multatos exisse cum Galbā,Cic. Brut. 22, 88; cf.: scriptor librarius,Hor. A. P. 354: ex ejus (Crassi) scriptore et lectore Diphilo suspicari liceret,Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136: (Seneca) advocatis scriptoribus pleraque tradidit, quae, etc.,Tac. A. 15, 63 fin.; Vulg. Ezech. 9, 2. In partic. (acc. to scribo, II.). One that composes in writing; a writer, composer, author, reporter, narrator, etc. (the ruling signif. of the word; syn. auctor). With gen.: omnium bonarum artium scriptores atque doctores et legendi et pervolutandi,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158: artis,id. ib. 1, 20, 91; id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 96: artium,id. 7, 7, 1; 7, 7, 8, prooem. § 3: quam multos scriptores rerum suarum magnus ille Alexander secum habuisse dicitur,Cic. Arch. 10, 24; so, rerum scriptor,
,Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1.Absol.: omne genus scriptorum,Quint. 1, 4, 4: vetustissimus ille scriptor ac politissimus Lysias,Cic. Or. 9, 29; so of the same,id. Brut. 9, 35: quia provenere ibi (sc. Athenis) scriptorum magna ingenia, etc.,Sall. C. 8, 3: utriusque linguae, in Latin and Greek, Gell. praef. § 4; so of an historian: in tantā scriptorum turbā, Liv. praef. § 2 sq.; Mart. 3, 20, 4 al.; Quint. 3, 4, 1: fere scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; so of poets,id. ib. 2, 1, 62: scriptorum chorus,id. ib. 2, 2, 77: nobilium scriptorum auditor,id. ib. 1, 19, 39; id. A. P. 120; 136; Phaedr. 5, 1, 17 al. Publicists' and jurid. t. t. (acc. to scribo, II. B.), a drawer up, compiler, draughter of any thing. Legum (Numa), Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3: legis,id. Inv. 2, 47, 139. Alieni testamenti, Suet. Ner. 17. Absol., Quint. 7, 2, 53; 7, 6, 11.
scriptorius scriptōrĭus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to writing, writing-: atramentum,Cels. 6, 4 fin.; 8, 4: calamus,id. 5, 28, 12. Subst.: scriptōrĭum, ii, n., = γραφίον,a metallic style for writing on wax tablets, Isid. 6, 9, 2.
scriptula scriptŭla, ōrum, n.dim.scriptum, A., the lines on the draught-board in the game of duodecim-scripta, Ov. A. A. 3, 364.
scriptulum scriptŭlum, i, v. scrupulus, I. B.
scriptum scriptum, i, v. scribo fin.
scriptura scriptūra, ae, f.scribo, a writing, written characters. In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.; Cic. uses scriptio instead): minium in voluminibus quoque scriptura usurpatur clarioresque litteras vel in auro vel in marmore etiam in sepulchris facit,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122: (meorum librorum) scriptura quanti constet,Mart. 1, 67, 3; Suet. Aug. 80: mendum scripturae, an error in writing, Caecin. ap. Cic Fam. 6, 7, 1. Concr., a line (syn. scriptum): supercilia usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,
the boundary line between the cheeks and eyelids
,Petr. 126, 15. In partic. (freq. and class.). (Acc. to scribo, II.) A writing, composing, composition (cf. scriptura). Abstr., = scriptio: stilus optimus dicendi effector ... Nam si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio facile vincit: hanc ipsa profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. id. Fam. 15, 21, 4: neminem posse omnis res per scripturam complecti,id. Inv. 2, 50, 152: quod si scripturam sprevissem in praesentiā, writing, composing, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 16: scriptura levis,id. Phorm. prol. 5; cf.: genus scripturae, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Liv 25, 12; Suet. Vit. Juven.; Nep. praef. § 1; cf. also: Naevii Punicum bellum continenti scripturā expositum,Suet. Gram. 2: C. Furnio legato plura verbo quam scriptura mandata dedimus, rather orally than in writing, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5; cf.: edebat per libellos scripturā brevi,
written briefly
,Suet. Caes. 41. Concr., = scriptum. Something written, a writing (rare, and not in Cic., for scriptum, liber, libellus): ne cum poëtā scriptura evanesceret, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; id. Ad. prol. 1: diurna actorum, i. e. acta diurna,
the public paper of the State
,Tac. A. 3, 3: nemo annales nostros cum scripturā eorum contenderit,id. ib. 4, 32: in alterā scripturā,Val. Max. 1, 1, 12; Vitr. 5, 4, 1; Vulg. Dan. 5, 17; 25. Of an inscription: statuae aetatem scriptura indicat,Vell. 2, 61, 3. In eccl. writers: κατ’ ἐξοχὴν Scriptura, or, in the plur., Scripturae, the Scriptures, Vulg. Matt. 21, 42; id. Johan. 7, 42. Esp. sing.: scriptūra, ae, a scripture, a passage of Scripture, Vulg. Marc. 14, 49; id. Johan. 19, 24. Publicists' and jurid. t. t. Public. A tax paid on public pastures: advorsum legem a me ob meam scripturam pecudem accepit Aeraque,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 42 sq.; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Att. 11, 10, 1; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1.A written law (syn. lex scripta): cum per ignorantiam scripturae multa commissa fierent,Suet. Calig. 41. Jurid. t. t. A testamentary provision: primum demonstrandum est, non esse ambigue scriptum ... Deinde ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, etc. ... quae autem ex omni consideratā scripturā perspicua fiant, haec ambigua non oportere existimari,Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 34: dubia,id. 7, 9, 6.A will: suprema, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 40.
scripturarius scriptūrārĭus, a, um, adj.scriptura, II. B. 1. a.. Of or belonging to the tax on pastures: scripturarius ager publicus appellatur, in quo ut pecora pascantur certum aes est: quia publicanus scribendo conficit rationem cum pastore,Fest. p. 333 Müll.Subst.: scriptūrārĭus, ii, m., one who collected the tax on pasturage, Lucil. ap. Non. 38, 5 (acc. to Non. an ancient name for tabularius).
scripturio scriptūrĭo, īre, v. desid. n. [scribo], to desire to write (late Lat.), Sid. Ep. 7, 18; 8, 11.
scriptus scriptus, a, um, Part., from scribo.
scriptus scriptus, ūs, m.scribo, the office of a scribe or secretary, a clerkship, secretaryship (rare): quem aliquanto ante desisse scriptum facere arguit, etc.,Liv. 9, 46, 3: Cn. Flavius scriptum faciebat ... dicitur tabulas posuisse, scriptu sese abdicasse, L. Piso ap. Gell. 6, 9, 2 sq.; Fronto Ep. ad Amic. 2, 6: quaestorius,Suet. Vit. Hor. p. 44, 8: censorius, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.
scripularis scrīpŭlāris (scrūpŭl-), e, adj.scrupulus, of or amounting to a scruple (in weight; post-Aug.): differentia,Plin. 33, 8, 43, § 126.
scripulatim scrīpŭlātim (scrūpŭlāt-), adv.id., by scruples (in weight; post-Aug.),Plin. 22, 24, 56, § 118.
scripulum scrīpŭlum (scriplum, scriptŭ-lum, scriptlum), i, n., corrupt collat. form of scrupulus, which became the prevailing one in the sense of a scruple, a small weight; v. scrupulus, I. B.
Scrofa Scrōfa, ae, m.1. scrofa, a Roman surname, taken from swine-breeding, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 1 sq. (a less probable derivation is given by Macr. S. 1, 6 fin.); Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2; 6, 1, 13 al.
scrofinus scrōfīnus, a, um, adj.id., of or belonging to a sow: fel,Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163: perna,Marc. Emp. 4; 13.
scrofipascus scrōfĭpascus, i, m.1. scrofa-pasco, one who keeps or breeds sows, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 27.
scrofulae scrōfŭlae, ārum, f.1. scrofa, a swelling of the glands of the neck, scrofula, Veg. 3, 23, 1.
scrotum scrōtum, i, n.perh. for scortum, I., the scrotum, Cels. 7, 19; 7, 20.
scrupeda scrūpĕda or scrūpĭpĕda, ae, f.scrupus-pes, hobbling, shambling (perh. = κροίπεζα, wearing high wooden shoes), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 3, 3, 6; id. ap. Non. 169, 8; Aur. and Juvent. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll.; cf. Com. Rel. p. 83 Rib.
scrupeus scrūpĕus, a, um, adj.scrupus. Lit., consisting of pointed or sharp stones; sharp, rough, steep, rugged (poet. and rare): saxum, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. scrupi, p. 333 Müll. (Trag. v. 139 Vahl.): spelunca,Verg. A. 6, 238: vada (undae),Sen. Agam. 556; cf. ora (Ismeni),Stat. Th. 9, 411: rupes,Ambros. Ep. 6, 13.Trop., hard, severe: ille (Achilles) scrupeā scholā eruditus,Tert. Pall. 4: difficultas,Aus. Idyll. 12 praef. Subst.: scrūpĕa, ae, f., difficulty: reicis abs te religionem: scrupeam imponas tibi? Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 M. (Trag. Rel. v. 431 Rib.).
scrupipeda scrūpĭpĕda, v. scrupeda.
scruposus scrūpōsus, a, um, adj.scrupus. Lit., full of sharp or rough stones, jagged, rough, rugged (poet. and in post-class. prose): specus, Att. ap. Non. 223, 2; cf. saxa,Luc. 5, 675; App. M. 6, p. 187, 6: Pyrene,Grat. Cyn. 514: via,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82: ager,App. Flor. 2, p. 348, 20: per asperitates scruposas,Amm. 31, 8, 4.Trop., rough, hard, arduous: ratio,Lucr. 4, 523.
scrupularis scrūpŭlāris, scrūpŭlātim, v. scrip.
scrupulose scrūpŭlōsē, adv., v. scrupulosus fin.
scrupulositas scrūpŭlōsĭtas, ātis, f.scrupulosus (very rare), over-nicety, scrupulosity: in hac ruris disciplinā non desideratur ejusmodi scrupulositas: sed quod dicitur pingui Minervā, etc.,Col. 11, 1, 32; Tert. Virg. Vel. 11 med.; Hier. Ep. Gal. prol.
scrupulosus scrūpŭlōsus, a, um, adj.scrupulus. Lit., full of small sharp or pointed stones, rough, rugged, jagged (rare but class.): specus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: tamquam e scrupulosis cotibus enavigavit oratio, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 33: ruminatio corticis,Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94: saltibus degressi scrupulosis et inviis,Amm. 19, 13, 1: vulnera aurium,
for wearing jewelled drops
,Tert. Cult. Fem. 10, 2.Trop. (only post-Aug.), very nice, exact, precise, anxious, careful, scrupulous: disputatio,Quint. 9, 1, 7: inquisitio,Front. Aquaed. 64; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 7: scrupulosa quaedam et anxia in his commentariis, Gell. praef. § 13: locus,Aus. Grat. Act. 24: cura,Val. Max. 1, 1, 8: lector,App. M. 9, p. 230, 37: scrupulosus in deferendis potestatibus celsis,Amm. 30, 9, 3. Comp.: fides quorundam,Tert. Spect. 3: ratio ventorum,Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325. Sup.: cultus deorum,App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 2. Hence, adv.: scrūpŭlōsē (acc. to II.), carefully, accurately, diligently, scrupulously: scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,Quint. 4, 5, 6. Comp.: minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,Quint. 5, 14, 28: scrupulosius tractabo ventos, Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118. Sup.: requirant corporis gesticulatorem, Col. praef. § 3.
scrupulum scrūpŭlum, i, v. scrupulus, I. B.
scrupulus scrūpŭlus (scrīŭplum, etc., v.infra, B.), i, m.dim.scrupus. * Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone: ater scrupulus,Sol. 7.Transf. T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81: si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc.,Vitr. 7, 8 med.: scripula octo,Col. 12, 28, 1: picis sex scripula,id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13: quinque marathri scrupula,Ov. Med. Fac. 92: scripulum nostri dixere priores,Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.: ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47: scrupulum,Val. Max. 4, 4, 9: scriptula,Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3. Of other measures. The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.The twenty-fourth part of an hour: QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9. Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence, Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.): hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,id. Har. Resp. 5, 11: mihi unus scrupulus restat,Ter. And. 5, 4, 37: qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30: injeci scrupulum homini,id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.: nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.: hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37: exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7: omnis surculus ... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,
without scruple
,
without hesitation
,Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31: scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,App. M. 6, p. 184, 11. With gen.: domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2: reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,App. Mag. p. 305 med.A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.
scrupus scrūpus, i, m.Lit., a rough or sharp stone: * scrupi dicuntur aspera saxa et difficilia attrectatu, Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll. (very rare): cum horā paene totā per omnes scrupos traxissemus cruentos pedes,Petr. 79, 3: scrupus proprie est lapillus brevis,Serv. Verg. A. 6, 238; Avien. Descr. Orb. 503.Trop., anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness (for the usual scrupulus, q. v. II.): quod vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, periculo vita bonorum virorum sit: contra autem improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat,Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26.
scrutarius scrūtārĭus, a, umscruta. Adj., of or belonging to trash, frippery, or trumpery: SERVVS, perh. a dealer in such things, Inscr. Orell. 2954.Subst. * scrū-tārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in second-hand clothes, a broker, ragman, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10 (v. scruta).scrūtārĭa, ae, f., the business of a scrutarius, App. M. 4, p. 146, 17. ‡ scrūtārĭum, γρυτοπωλεῖον, Gloss. Gr. Lat.
scrutatio scrūtātĭo, ōnis, f.scrutor, a searching, examining, investigating (post-Aug. and very rare). Lit.: domus,
scrutatrix scrūtātrix, īcis, f.scrutator, II., she that searches, examines, or inquires into: malorum (Eva),Alcim. 2, 326.
scrutatus scrūtātus, a, um, Part. of scrutor.
scrutillus scrūtillus, i, m., a pork-sausage, Plaut. ap. Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll.
scrutinium scrūtĭnĭum, ii, n.scrutor, a search, inquiry, investigation, scruting (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 237, 5; Vulg. Psa. 63 (64), 7.
scruto scrūto, āre, v. scrutor fin.
scrutor scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: γρυτεύει, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo). Lit., of things: domos, naves,Cic. Vatin. 5, 12: loca abdita,Sall. J. 12, 5: omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,Petr. 98, 1: paleam,id. 33, 4: terraï abdita ferro,Lucr. 6, 809: ignem gladio,Hor. S. 2, 3, 276: lumina manibus,Sen. Oedip. 965: scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1: L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,Cic. Pis. 26, 62: occulta saltuum,Tac. A. 1, 61: mare,id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.: scrutandi orbis gratiā,Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9: canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),id. 8, 40, 61, § 147: venantium latibula scrutatus,Curt. 6, 5, 17: vias presso ore (canis),Sen. Thyest. 499: equorum delicta scrutantes,Amm. 14, 6, 25. Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram ... Nunc laevam ostende ... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24: non excutio te, non scrutor,Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1: consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.; and of a searching for spoil,Tac. H. 3, 25.Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare): venas melini inter saxa,Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37: iter,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.): omnes sordes,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,Tac. A. 16, 5: animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,id. H. 4, 55: voluntatem,Quint. 2, 4, 26: locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8: desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.: quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,Quint. 5, 10, 22: interiores et reconditas litteras,Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: origines nominum,Quint. 1, 4, 25: omnia minutius et scrupulosius,id. 5, 14, 28: inferiora quoque,id. 7, 1, 27: exoletos auctores,id. 8, 2, 12: scripturas,Vulg. Johan. 5, 39. Absol.: totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.): fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,Ov. M. 15, 137: finem principis per Chaldaeos,Tac. A. 12, 52: sua Caesarisque fata,id. ib. 16, 14: arcanum ullius,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37: ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11: harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,Amm. 14, 11, 34. P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines: militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,Amm. 30, 9, 4. Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80.Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. γρυτεύω, scruto, Gloss. Philox. Hence, scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.
sculna sculna, ae, m.contr. from seculna, in vulg. lang. = sequester, a mediator, arbiter,umpire, Lavin. and Varr. ap. Gell. 20, 11, 2; Macr. S. 2, 13 fin.
sculpo sculpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.cf. γλύφω, to hollow out, grave; also scalpo, γλάφω, to carve, cut, grave, chisel in stone, brass, wood, etc.; to form, fashion, or produce by carving, graving, etc. (very rare but class.; in the MSS. very freq. interchanged with scalpere). Lit.: non est e saxo sculptus aut e robore dolatus, * Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: niveum mirā arte Sculpsit ebur,Ov. M. 10, 248: quid sculptum infabre, quid fusum durius esset,Hor. S. 2, 3, 22: denticulos in coronis,Vitr. 1, 2; Luc. 3, 224: in gemmā ancoram,Just. 15, 4, 4.Trop. Dicet scripta et, ut Demosthenes ait, si continget, et sculpta, i. e. things wrought out, elaborated, Quint. 12, 9, 16. In animo ejus sculptum, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 23, 11.
sculponeae sculpōnĕae, ārum, f.perh. kindred with κρούπαλα, an inferior kind of wooden shoe, Cato, R. R. 59; 135, 1; Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 59; Nov. ap. Fulg. 562, 33.
sculptilis sculptĭlis, e, adj.sculpo, formed or produced by carving, graving, etc., sculptile (poet.): opus dentis Numidae,Ov. P. 4, 9, 28: forma in aere, Prud. στεφ. 10, 266. Subst.: sculptĭle, is, n., a carved image, statue, Vulg. Judic. 17, 3: sculptilia deorum,id. 1 Macc. 5, 68: deos et sculptilia,id. Dan. 11, 8.
sculptor sculptor, ōris, m.id., one who cuts, carves, or engraves in stone, wood, etc. (cf.: fictor, plastes),
sculptura sculptūra, ae, f.id., a cutting out, carving in relief, sculpture: anulus, cujus gemmae sculptura erat Proserpinae raptus,Suet. Ner. 46: anulus ejusdem sculpturae,Just. 15, 4, 5; Quint. 2, 21, 9. Concr., esp. in plur., marbles, works of plastic art, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 209 (Jahn, scalptura); Vitr. 2, 9.
sculpturatus sculptūrātus, a, um, adj.sculptura, of or belonging to sculpture: ars, i. e. the art of sculpture, Ven. Carm. 9, 15.
sculptus sculptus, a, um, Part., v. sculpo.
scultatores scultātōres, um, m.abbrev. for auscultatores, a sort of guards, Veg. Mil. 2, 17 dub.
Scultenna Scultenna, ae, m., a river of Upper Italy, near Mutina, flowing into the Po, now Panaro, Liv. 41, 12 and 18; Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118.
scurra scurra, ae, m. Orig., an elegant, town-bred man; a fine gentleman, gallant, dandy: tu urbanus vero scurra, deliciae popli, Rus mihi tu objectas?Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14; cf. (opp. militaris) id. Ep. 1, 1, 13; id. Curc. 2, 3, 17. Also of an elegant debauchee, Cic. Sest. 17, 39; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.Transf.A city buffoon, droll, jester (usually in the suite of wealthy persons, and accordingly a kind of parasite; syn.: sannio, parasitus): urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165; id. Poen. 3, 2, 35; 5, 5, 2; id. Truc. 2, 6, 10; Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: Hor. S. 1, 5, 52; 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 15, 28; 1, 18, 4; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 20. Zeno sarcastically called Socrates scurra Atticus, Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93: Sabinus Asilius, venustissimus inter rhetores scurra,Sen. Suas. 2, 12. Of the clown in a pantomime, Juv. 13, 111. Prov.: vetus est: De scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patremfamilias fieri posse,Cic. Quint. 17, 55. In the times of the later emperors, one of the guard, a soldier of the guard, a guardsman, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61; 62fin.; id. Heliog. 33; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30.
scurror scurror, āri, v. dep. n. [scurra, II.], to act the part of a jester; to play the buffoon (Horat.): scurror ego ipse mihi, populo tu,
I play the buffoon on my own account
,
to please myself
,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 19: scurrantis speciem praebere,
of a buffoonish parasite
,id. ib. 1, 18, 2.
scurrula scurrŭla, ae, m.dim.id., a little buffoon (post-class.), App. M. 10, p. 246, 29; Arn. 6, 206.
scuta scūta, ae, v. scutra.
scutale scūtāle, is, n.scutum, the thong of a sling for throwing stones, etc. (corresp. with habena), Liv. 38, 29, 6 (also cited ap. Prisc. p. 726 P.); 42, 65, 10.
scutaneus scūtānĕus, a, um, adj.id., like an oblong shield (late Lat.): termini, Auct. Limit. p. 270 Goes.
scutarius scūtārĭus, a, um, adj.id.. Of or belonging to a shield: fabricae,
shield-factories
,Veg. Mil. 2, 11.Subst.: scū-tārĭus, ii, m.A shield-maker, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35. In the times of the later emperors, a sort of guard, armed with the scutum, Amm. 20, 4, 3; 20, 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3542 sq.; cf. Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 10.
scutatus scūtātus, a, um, adj.id.. Armed with a scutum (long shield): cohortes, * Caes. B. C. 1, 39: milites,Liv. 8, 8; 33, 14: equites,Verg. A. 9, 370: manus,Sil. 6, 211. Subst.scūtāti, ōrum, m., troops bearing shields (opp. the equites): quattuor milia scutatorum,Liv. 28, 2, 4. = scutarius, II. 2.; Inscr. Orell. 3448 (belonging to A. D. 256).
scutella scŭtella (scutella, Ven. Carm. 11, 10, 7), ae, f.dim.scutra; cf. 1. scutula, a salver or waiter, of a nearly square form: dulciculae potionis,Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46. Also as a stand for vases,Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 10; Ven. Fort. 3, 13, 4; 11, 10, 7.
scutigerulus scūtĭgĕrŭlus, i, m.scutum-gero, a shield-bearer (slave), armor-bearer, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 44.
scutilum scutĭlumtenue et macrum et in quo tantum exilis pellicula cernitur, Fest. p. 329 Müll.
scutra scŭ_tra, ae, f., a flat tray, dish, or platter of a nearly square form, Cato, R. R. 157, 11; Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 8; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 40; 7, 45. Collat. form scūta, ae, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 618 P
scutriscum scutriscum, i, n.dim.scutra, a little dish, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3.
scutula scŭtŭla, ae, f.dim.scutra; cf. scutella. Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure: (pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent,Vitr. 7, 1; so of a tesselated floor,Pall. 1, 9, 5; of checkered stuffs,Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118. Of the shape of a country: formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere,Tac. Agr. 10. Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise: scutula ob oculos lanea,Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.
scutula scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = σκυτάλη (a staff, stick). A wooden roller or cylinder: quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit,Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a σκυτάλη; pure Lat. clava): scytala,Nep. Paus. 3, 4: scytale,Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν).A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1.
scutulatus scŭtŭlātus, a, um, adj.1. scutula, II., diamond- or lozenge-shaped, checkered: rete (aranearum),Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81: pavimentum,id. 36, 25, 61, § 185; of stuffs,id. 8, 48, 73, § 191: color equi,Pall. Mart. 13, 4; Isid. 12, 1, 48. As subst.: scŭtŭlāta, ae, f., a checked or chequered garment: caerulea,Juv. 2, 97; Cod. Th. 15, 7, 11; also: scŭtŭlāta, ōrum, n., Vulg. Ezech. 27, 16.
scutulum scūtŭlum, i, n.dim.scutum. A small shield, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82.Plur.: scutula operta,
scutum scūtum, i, n. (masc. collat. form scū-tus, Turp. ap. Non. 226, 13) [σκῦτος]. An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18): scutum pro clipeo,Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10: equestria,
of the cavalry
,id. 43, 6: ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit,Caes. B. G. 2, 21: scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis,id. ib. 2, 33: sublato scuto,id. B. C. 2, 35: abjecto scuto fugere,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar,id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium,Tac. G. 6: hastas et scuta reclinant,Verg. A. 12, 130: fulgentia,id. ib. 8, 93: longa,id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17: erectum altius,Amm. 24, 4, 4.Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.): oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat,Amm. 24, 4, 10: Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus,id. 21, 12, 18 al.Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare): sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc.,Cic. Tull. 18, 43: scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est,Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before: praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur,Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.: Deus, scutum meum,Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3: scutum fidei,id. Eph. 6, 16.
scybilites scybilītes, ae, m., = σκυβιλίτης(οἶνος), a kind of wine in Galatia, Plin. 14, 9, 11, § 80.
Scylaceum Scylăcēum (Scylăcīum), i, n., = Σκυλάκειον,a town on the coast of Bruttium, now Squillace, Mel. 2, 4, 8; Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95: navifragum,Verg. A. 3, 553. Hence, Scylăcēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scylaceum, Scylacean: sinus, Mel. l. l.; Plin. l. l.: litora,Ov. M. 15, 702.
Scylax Scylax, ăcis, m., a native of Halicarnassus, and friend of Panœtius, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 88.
Scylla Scylla, ae, f., = Σκύλλα.A celebrated rock between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Charybdis: Scylla saxum est, Charybdis mare, utrumque noxium appulsis,Mel. 2, 7, 14; cf.: in eo freto est scopulus Scylla item Charybdis mare vorticosum, ambo clara saevitia,Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; whereas Seneca remarks: indices mihi omnia de Charybdi certiora. Nam Scyllam saxum esse et quidem non terribile navigantibus, optime scio: Charybdis an respondeat fabulis, perscribi mihi desidero,Sen. Ep. 79, 1; Mel. 2, 4, 8; Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 28; Verg. A. 3, 420; Ov. M. 13, 730. Personified,
Scyreis Scȳrēïs, Scȳrētĭcus, Scȳrĭas, and Scȳrĭus, v. Scyros.
Scyritae Scyrītae, ārum, m., a fabled people of India, with feet like serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 25.
Scyros Scȳros or Scȳrus, i, f., = Σκῦρος,an island of the Ægean Sea, opposite Eubœa, now Skyro; here Achilles was concealed by Lycomedes, whose daughter Deïdamia became by him the mother of Pyrrhus; nom. Scyros, Cat. 64, 35; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 69; Stat. Achill. 2, 18; acc. Scyron, Mel. 2, 7, 8; Ov. M. 7, 464; 13, 156: Scyrum,Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1; Col. 9, 14, 19. Hence, Scȳrĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Scyros, Scyrian: litora,Stat. Achill. 2, 103: lapis,Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233 (Jahn, Syrius): Deïdamia,Prop. 2, 9, 16; also called Scyria virgo, Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 16: juvenis,i. e.
,Ov. A. A. 1, 682. Subst.: Scȳrĭădes, um, f., Scyrian maidens, Stat. Achill. 1, 367.Scȳrēis, ĭdis, f., a Scyrian maiden, Stat. Achill. 2, 147.
Scyrus Scȳrus, i, v. Scyros.
scytala scytăla, ae, and scytălē, ēs, v. 2. scutula init. and II.
Scytalosagittipelliger Scytălŏsăgittĭpellĭger, ĕri, m.scytale, i. e. clava-sagitta-pellis-gero, the Club-shaft-and-hide-bearer, an epithet of Hercules, Poët. ap. Tert. Pall. 4 (Com. Rel. p. 124, n. 61 Rib.).
scytanum scytānum, i, n., a means to facilitate the taking of colors, a mordant, Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 88; v. Sillig ad h. l. (al. scytatum).