scansio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scansĭo, ōnis, f. [scando], a climbing up (very rare). *

I Lit.: quā simplici scansione scandebant in lectum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 168 Müll.—

II 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.