Scantĭus,
I a , name of a Roman gens. So, Scantia, a woman abused by Clodius , Cic. Mil. 27, 75.—Hence,
A Scantĭus , a, um, adj., Scantian : silva, in Campania , Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 3; 3, 4, 15: aquae, perh. in the same place, Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 240.—
B Scantĭānus , a, um, adj., Scantian : mala, Cato R. R. 7, 3; 7, 143 fin. ; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 1; Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 50 (Jahn, Scandianus): vitis, Varr. ap. Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 47.