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scamnum , i, n. for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio,
I.a bench, stool, step, etc.
I. 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.).—
II. In partic.
A. 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.—
B. In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.
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