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Scămander, dri, m., = Σκάμανδρος.

  1. I. A river in Troas, the Scamander, now the Bunar-bashi Tchai, Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Enn. ap. Non. 467, 31 (Trag. v. 214 Vahl.); Hor. Epod. 13, 14 al.; Cat. 64, 357.
    Called Xanthus, from its red color, Verg. A. 1, 473; Ov. M. 2, 245.
    Hence, adj.: Scămandrĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the river Scamander: unda, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 1 (Trag. Fragm. v. 322 Rib.).
  2. II. A freedman of the Fabricii, Cic. Clu. 16, 47; Quint. 11, 1, 74.
    Hence, Scămandrĭa, ae, f., a town on the Scamander, Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124.

† scambus, a, um, adj., = σκαμβός, bow-legged, bandy-legged (pure Lat. varus), Suet. Oth. 12.

scămellum, i, v. scamillus.

scămillus, i, m. (acc. to Prisc. p. 615 P., scămellum, i, n.) dim. [scamnum], a little bench or stool: impares, i. e. unequal projections or steps on the pedestals of columns, Vitr. 3, 4, 5; 5, 9, 4; App. 615 P.

scamma, ătis, n., = σκάμμα, a wrestling-place in the Palaestra.

  1. I. Lit. (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 fin.; Hier. Joann. Hieros. 16; id. Ep. 61, 5; Ambros. Off. 1, 16.
  2. * II. Trop., a wrestling, a contest, Tert. adv. Martyr. 3; cf. harena. II.

† scammōnĕa, ae, f., = σκαμμωνία, scammony, Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Plin. 25, 5, 22, § 54.
Also scammōnĕum, i, n., Cato, R. R. 157, 12: scammōnĭa, ae, f., Plin. 26, 8, 58, § 90; 26, 9, 60, § 93; Veg. 3, 6, 9; Scrib. Comp. 140: scammōnĭum, i, n., Plin. 26, 8, 38, § 59.

scammōnĕum, i, v. scammonea.

scammōnĭa, ae, v. scammonea.

† scammōnītes, ae, m., = σκαμμωνίτης (SC. οἶνος), wine seasoned with scammony, Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 110.

scammōnĭum, ii, v. scammonea.

scamnātus, a, um, adj. [scamnum, II. B.]; in the agrimensores: ager, a field whose breadth (or measurement from east to west) is greater than its length, Aggen. p. 46 Goes.

scamnum, i, n. [for scap-num; root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to support; cf.: scabellum, scapus, scipio], a bench, stool, step, etc.

  1. I. 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.).
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. In the agrimensores, the breadth of a field (opp. striga, the length), Auct. Rei Agr. p. 46; 125; 198 Goes.