scando — Lewis & Short
scando (no
I perf. or sup.; cf.: ascendo, descendo, etc.), 3, v. a. and n. Sanscr. root skand-, to climb; cf. Gr. ska/ndalon, skanda/lhqron.
I Act., to climb, mount, clamber or get up; to ascend.
A Lit. (rare but class.): cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, etc., * Cic. Sen. 6, 17:
arcem et Capitolium,Liv. 3, 68, 7; 4, 2 fin.; cf.:
in curru Capitolium (of a triumphal entry),id. 45, 39:
curru Capitolia,Luc. 9, 600:
moenia,Liv. 22, 14 Drak. N. cr.:
muros,id. 5, 21:
tectum scalis,Plin. 14, 1, 2, §9:
equum,Verg. A. 2, 401:
bracchia longa Theseae viae,Prop. 3 (4), 21, 24.
cubile,id. 4 (5), 4, 90:
puppim,Val. Fl. 8, 8:
cymbam (Charontis),Prop. 3, 18 (4, 17), 24 et saep.—
In mal. part.,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 22.—Poet.:
scandit fatalis machina muros,Verg. A. 2, 237.—
B Trop. (only in the poets and in late prose):
paulatim gradus aetatis scandere adultae,Lucr. 2, 1123:
scandit aeratas vitiosa naves Cura,Hor. C. 2, 16, 21.— Hence, in the grammarians: scandere versus, qs. to climb up, i. e. to measure or read by its feet, to scan; cf. in a sarcastic double sense, of a gouty person:
scandere qui nescis, versiculos laceras,Claud. Epigr. 29, 2. —
II Neutr., to mount, rise, arise, ascend (not freq. till after the Aug. period).
A Lit.:
cum scandit et instat,climbs the wall, Lucr. 3, 651:
scandenti circa ima labor est: ceterum quantum processeris, etc.,Quint. 12, 10, 78:
scandere in aggerem,Liv. 3, 67, 11:
in domos superas,Ov. F. 1, 298:
in adversum,Quint. 11, 3, 54:
ad nidum volucris (feles),Phaedr. 2, 4, 6:
per conjuncta aedificia,Tac. H. 3, 71:
super iteratam testudinem,id. ib. 3, 28.—
2 Transf., of things:
scandentisque Asisi consurgit vertice murus,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 125.
in tecta jam silvae scandunt,Plin. 15, 14, 14, § 47:
aquae in sublime,id. 31, 1, 1, § 2:
sol ad aquilonem,id. 18, 28, 68, § 264.—
B Trop.:
timor et minae Scandunt eodem, quo dominus,Hor. C. 3, 1, 38:
supra principem scandere,Tac. H. 4, 8.