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|lshtext=<b>scīpĭo</b>: ōnis, m. [[root]] skap-; Gr. [[σκήπτω]],> to [[support]], [[σκίπων]]>, = [[σκῆπτρον]],> a [[staff]]; cf.: scāpus, [[scopio]], [[scamnum]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[staff]] (carried by persons of [[wealth]], [[rank]], [[high]] [[official]] [[station]], etc.): [[unde]] ornatu hoc advenis? [[quid]] fecisti scipione? Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 6; id. Am. 1, 3, 22; id. As. 1, 1, 111; id. Men. 5, 2, 103; Cat. 37, 10; Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15: [[eburneus]], carried by the viri triumphales, Liv. 5, 41 fin.; cf. Val. Max. 4, 4, 5; in the [[time]] of the emperors, also by the consuls, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Aur. 13 fin. ; Amm. 29, 2, 15; given as a [[present]] from the Roman [[nation]] to [[friendly]] princes; so to [[Masinissa]], Liv. 30, 15; 31, 11; to [[Eumenes]], id. 42, 14 fin.>