scapus, i, m. [root skap-; Gr. σκήπτω, to prop, σκῆπτρον; Doric, σκᾶπος; cf.: scipio, scamnum, scopus; Engl. shaft], a shaft, stem, stalk, trunk, etc.
I In gen., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 5; Col. 9, 4, 4; Plin. 18, 10, 21, § 95; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.—
II In partic.
A A cylinder on which sheets of paper or leaves of papyrus were rolled , Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 77.—
B A sheet of paper : aliquid papyri illinere scapo, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 14.—
C A weaver's yarn-beam , Lucr. 5, 1353.—
D The shaft of a column, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.—
E The shank of a candlestick, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11.—
F The post or newel of a circular staircase, Vitr. 9, 2 fin. —
G The main stile of a door on which it hinged, Vitr. 4, 6.—
H The beam of a balance, Vitr. 10, 8; Fest. s. v. agina, p. 10 Müll.; and s. v. librile, p. 116 ib.—
K = membrum virile, Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 24 fin. ; Veg. 5, 14, 17.