scando

See also: Scando-

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्कुन्दते (skundate, “to jump, rise, lift”), स्कन्दति (skándati, “to leap, jump, hop, dart, spring, spurt; to assail; to copulate”), Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandhá, “trunk, nape, shoulder; branching, scale, ordering”), Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “stumbling-block”), Sanskrit छन्दस् (chándas, “scansion, metrical aspect of verse”), Old Irish sceinnid (“to spring”), Welsh cychwynnu (“to arise, start”).

Compare Ancient Greek σκιρτάω (skirtáō, “to leap, skip, bound”), Sanskrit आस्क्र (āskra, “attacking, assaulting; united, joined”), Ancient Greek σκαρθμός (skarthmós, “leap, dance, prancing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskan.doː/, [ˈs̠kän̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskan.do/, [ˈskän̪d̪o]

Verb

scandō (present infinitive scandere, perfect active scandī, supine scānsum); third conjugation

1. (transitive, intransitive) to climb, ascend, mount

   (transitive) Synonyms: levō, ēlevō, allevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, efferō, surgō, ēdō

   (transitive) Antonyms: dēiciō, abiciō

2. (transitive, intransitive) to clamber

   (intransitive) Synonyms: ascendō, escendō, cōnscendō, īnscendō, succēdō, ēnītor, superscandō, suprascandō, subeō, ērēpō

   (intransitive) Antonyms: dēscendō, dēcurrō

3. (Late Latin, transitive) to scan (poetry by its feet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of scandō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scandō	scandis	scandit	scandimus	scanditis	scandunt
	imperfect	scandēbam	scandēbās	scandēbat	scandēbāmus	scandēbātis	scandēbant
	future	scandam	scandēs	scandet	scandēmus	scandētis	scandent
	perfect	scandī	scandistī	scandit	scandimus	scandistis	scandērunt, scandēre
	pluperfect	scanderam	scanderās	scanderat	scanderāmus	scanderātis	scanderant
	future perfect	scanderō	scanderis	scanderit	scanderimus	scanderitis	scanderint
passive	present	scandor	scanderis, scandere	scanditur	scandimur	scandiminī	scanduntur
	imperfect	scandēbar	scandēbāris, scandēbāre	scandēbātur	scandēbāmur	scandēbāminī	scandēbantur
	future	scandar	scandēris, scandēre	scandētur	scandēmur	scandēminī	scandentur
	perfect	scānsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scānsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scānsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scandam	scandās	scandat	scandāmus	scandātis	scandant
	imperfect	scanderem	scanderēs	scanderet	scanderēmus	scanderētis	scanderent
	perfect	scanderim	scanderīs	scanderit	scanderīmus	scanderītis	scanderint
	pluperfect	scandissem	scandissēs	scandisset	scandissēmus	scandissētis	scandissent
passive	present	scandar	scandāris, scandāre	scandātur	scandāmur	scandāminī	scandantur
	imperfect	scanderer	scanderēris, scanderēre	scanderētur	scanderēmur	scanderēminī	scanderentur
	perfect	scānsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scānsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scande	—	—	scandite	—
	future	—	scanditō	scanditō	—	scanditōte	scanduntō
passive	present	—	scandere	—	—	scandiminī	—
	future	—	scanditor	scanditor	—	—	scanduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scandere	scandisse	scānsūrum esse	scandī	scānsum esse	scānsum īrī
participles		scandēns	—	scānsūrus	—	scānsus	scandendus, scandundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scandendī	scandendō	scandendum	scandendō	scānsum	scānsū

Derived terms

• ascendō
• cōnscendō
• dēscendō
• escendō
• exscendō
• īnscendō
• scāla
• scandula
• trānscendō

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: escandir
• ⇒ Esperanto: skandi
• → French: scander
• → German: skandieren
  • → Serbo-Croatian: skandirati
• Italian: scandire
• Old French: escandir
  • → Middle English: scannen
    • English: scan
• Portuguese: escandir
• Spanish: escandir
• → Swedish: skandera
  • → Finnish: skandeerata

Further reading

• “scando”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scando”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scando in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.