I.a. [in-scando], to step into or upon, to climb up, mount, ascend.
I. Lit.: “cum inscenderet in rogum ardentem,” Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47: “supra pilam inscendat,” Cato, R. R. 127, 2: “quadrigas Jovis,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 294: “in arborem,” id. Aul. 4, 6, 12: “in currum,” id. Men. 5, 2, 10: “equum,” Suet. Ner. 48: “haud se inscendi ab alio (Bucephalus) nisi a rege passus est,” Gell. 5, 2, 3: “grabatulo inscenso,” App. M. 2, p. 122, 16.—Absol.: “ubi amicam avectam scio, Inscendo,” I go on board ship, embark, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 37.—