scapus
scapus, i, m. root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft, a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.— In partic. A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.— A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.— A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.— The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.— The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.— The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin.— The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.— The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.— = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.
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scapus, i, m. root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft, a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc. In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.— In partic. A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled, Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.— A sheet of paper: aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.— A weaver's yarn-beam, Lucr. 5, 1353.— The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.— The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.— The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin.— The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.— The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.— = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin.; Veg. 5, 14, 17.
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