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|lshtext=<b>scapus</b>: i, m. [[root]] skap-; Gr. [[σκήπτω]],> to [[prop]], [[σκῆπτρον]]; [[Doric]], [[σκᾶπος]];> cf.: [[scipio]], [[scamnum]], [[scopus]]; Engl. [[shaft]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[shaft]], [[stem]], [[stalk]], [[trunk]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A cylinder on [[which]] sheets of [[paper]] or leaves of [[papyrus]] were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[sheet]] of [[paper]]: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[weaver]]'s [[yarn]]-[[beam]], Lucr. 5, 1353.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[shaft]] of a [[column]], Vitr. 3, 2 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> The [[shank]] of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> The [[post]] or newel of a [[circular]] [[staircase]], Vitr. 9, 2 fin.—<br /> The [[main]] stile of a [[door]] on [[which]] it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.—<br /> The [[beam]] of a [[balance]], Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. [[agina]], p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. [[librile]], p. 116 ib.—<br /> = [[membrum]] [[virile]], Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>scāpus</b>,¹⁶ ī, m. ([[σκήπτω]]), tige [de plante] : Col. Rust. 9, 4, 4 ; Plin. 18, 95 &#124;&#124; fût [de colonne] : Vitr. Arch. 3, 2 &#124;&#124; tige [de chandelier] : Plin. 34, 11 &#124;&#124; montant [t. d’archit.] : Vitr. Arch. 9, 2 ; [[scapus]] scalarum Vitr. Arch. 4, 6, [[vis]] d’un escalier &#124;&#124; fléau [de balance], verge [de peson] : Fest. 10 ; Vitr. Arch. 10, 3, 4 &#124;&#124; ensouple de tisserand : Lucr. 5, 1351 &#124;&#124; cylindre sur lequel on roulait les manuscrits : [[Varro]] Men. 58 ; Plin. 13, 77 &#124;&#124; = [[membrum]] virile : Aug. Civ. 7, 24.
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