scando Latin · revision 4968

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *skend-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskan.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈskan.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scandō''' (present infinitive scandere, perfect active scandī, supine scānsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*skand-e/o-|t=to ascend]], from [[ine-pro|*skend-|t=to jump up, ascend]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sa|स्कन्दति|tr=skándati|t=jumps, spurts]] and [[sga|sceinnid|t=jumps]], and perhaps with [[osc|esskazsiúm]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) [[scālae]] “ladder” is from *skand-slā-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to climb something steep, to mount or scale, as Livy's climbing onto the rampart, and to climb into a bed or seat.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of things it was to rise, of buildings and hills to slope upward, and of a person to advance in years.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says it is climbing with effort, with hands and feet, against [[ascendō]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Late Latin grammarians it was to scan a verse by its feet.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) English ''scan'' comes from this sense.^(Etymonline) The noun ''scāla'' “ladder” gave ''scale'' “series of marks”.^(Etymonline) Its compounds gave ''ascend'' and ''descend''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of climbing a rampart.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''scan'' is recorded of verse.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|climb]], mount, [[m|en|ascend]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To climb into (a bed, a seat).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To rise; to slope upward.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' To [[m|en|scan]] (verse).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ascendō]]

+ * [[cōnscendō]]

+ * [[dēscendō]]

+ * [[escendō]]

+ * [[īnscendō]]

+ * [[scansilis]]

+ * [[scansiō]]

+ * [[scansōrius]]

+ * [[superscandō]]

+ * [[trānscendō]]

+ * [[suprascandō]]

+ * [[exscendō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scālae]]

+ * [[en|scan]]

+ * [[en|scale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}