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ascălăbōtes, ae, m., = ἀσκαλαβώτης, a kind of lizard, in pure Lat., stellio: Lacerta gecko, Linn.; Plin. 29, 4, 28, § 90.

Ascălăphus, i, m., = Ἀσκάλαφος, a son of Acheron and Orphne, who made known to Pluto that Proserpine had eaten seven kernels of a pomegranate, on account of which he was changed by her into an illboding owl (bubo), Ov. M. 5, 539 sq.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 462.

ascălĭa, ae, f., = ἀσκαλία, the edible part of the artichoke, Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.

Ascălo, ōnis, f., = Ἀσκάλων, an important trading town in the southern part of Palestine, between Gaza and Azotus upon the sea, now Ascalon, Mel. 1, 11, 3; Plin. 5, 13, 14, § 68; cf. Mann. Palaest. 202.
Hence, adj.: Ascălōnĭus, a, um, of Ascalon: caepa, a shallot, Col. 11, 3, 57; 12, 10, 1; Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101 sqq.

* a-scalpo (ads-), ĕre, v. n., to scratch at, to scratch: aurem, App. M. 6, p. 176.

Ascănĭa, ae, f., = Ἀσκανία, a region in Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 144.

1. Ascănĭus, a, um, adj., = Ἀσκάνιος, Ascanian: lacus, in Bithynia, near Nicœa, Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148: portus, in Troas, id. 5, 30, 32, § 121: insulae, in the Ægean Sea, over against Troas, id. 5, 31, 38, § 138.

2. Ascănĭus, ii, m., = Ἀσκάνιος, son of Æneas and Creüsa, king of Lavinium, and founder of Alba Longa, Verg. A. 1, 271; Liv. 1, 3; cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. l. c., and id. Exc. ad Aen. 2, n. XVII. p. 438.

ascaules, is, m., = ἀσκαύλης, a bagpiper, Mart. 10, 3, 8 (called in Suet. Ner. 54 by the pure Lat. word, utricularius).