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|lshtext=<b>scāla</b>: 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]]<br /><b>I</b><br /> 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]].<br /><b>I</b> Plur.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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, to [[fix]], id. B. C. 1, 28; 3, 40: scalas admovere, id. ib. 3, 63; 3, 80; Cic. Mil. 15, 40; id. Phil. 2, 9, 121: murum scalis aggredi, Sall. J. 57, 4; 60, 7; Verg. A. 9, 507; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15 et saep.: scalis [[habito]] [[tribus]] et altis, up [[three]] flights of stairs, Mart. 1, 118, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.: Scalae [[Gemoniae]], v. [[Gemoniae]].—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., transf., steps: haec per ducentas cum domum tulit scalas, Mart. 7, 20, 20.—<br /><b>II</b> Sing. ([[post]]-[[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[ladder]]: scalam commodare ad ascendendum, Dig. 47, 2, 55 (54), § 4; cf. Aquil. Rom. p. 181 Ruhnk.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scala gallinaria, a [[hen]]-[[roost]], i. e. a crossbar of [[like]] form, used for reducing a [[dislocated]] [[shoulder]], Cels. 8, 15 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of Jacob's [[ladder]], [[seen]] in his [[dream]], Vulg. Gen. 28, 12; Hier. Ep. 3, § 4; 108, § 13.
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