LAT

Lewis Short

scansĭo (noun F) : scando
* A climbing up (very rare). *
* Lit.: quā simplici scansione scandebant in lectum,Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.
* Trop.: sonorum, a rising or elevation of tones of the voice, Vitr. 6, 1. —In gram., a metrical reading or scanning of verse, scansion, Beda, p. 2368 P.; Diom. 494 sq. P.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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