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scapus , i, m. root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft,
I.a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc.
I. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—
II. In partic.
A. A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—
B. A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.—
C. A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.—
D. The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.—
E. The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.—
F. The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin.—
G. The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.—
H. The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.—
K. = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.6
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 10.8
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 3.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.1353
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 34.11
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.95
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 86.17
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.4.4
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