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