scramble
scramble
v. intrans.
Jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι.
Every man is scrambling for a front seat: Ar. εἰς τὴν προεδρίαν πᾶς ἀνὴρ ὠστίζεται (Ach. 42).
By pushing and scrambling he got round unobserved: P. χαλεπῶς καὶ μόλις περιελθὼν ἔλαθε (Thuc. 4.36).
Scramble up: see climb.
v. intrans.
Jostle: Ar. ὠστίζεσθαι.
Every man is scrambling for a front seat: Ar. εἰς τὴν προεδρίαν πᾶς ἀνὴρ ὠστίζεται (Ach. 42).
By pushing and scrambling he got round unobserved: P. χαλεπῶς καὶ μόλις περιελθὼν ἔλαθε (Thuc. 4.36).
Scramble up: see climb.
scramble
subs.
Jostling: P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.
Confusion: P. ταραχή, ἡ, P. and V. θόρῠβος, ὁ.
Competition: P. φιλονεικία, P. and V. ἔρῐς, ἡ, ἀ̆γών, ὁ, ἅ̆μιλλα, ἡ.
Rush: P. ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.
subs.
Jostling: P. ὠθισμός, ὁ.
Confusion: P. ταραχή, ἡ, P. and V. θόρῠβος, ὁ.
Competition: P. φιλονεικία, P. and V. ἔρῐς, ἡ, ἀ̆γών, ὁ, ἅ̆μιλλα, ἡ.
Rush: P. ἐπιδρομή, ἡ.
SCRAMBLE
v. To attempt to seize hastily involare in aliquid; manus afferre alicui rei (to stretch out the hands toward anything in order to obtain it): rapere arripere aliquid (to snatch at): aliquid diripere (Sen. Suet. to be anxious or eager to attain anything).
To ascend a place using one’s hands and feet niti eniti in aliquid: evadere in aliquid (to reach anything by scrambling; e.g. in verticem or in jugum montis).
v. To attempt to seize hastily involare in aliquid; manus afferre alicui rei (to stretch out the hands toward anything in order to obtain it): rapere arripere aliquid (to snatch at): aliquid diripere (Sen. Suet. to be anxious or eager to attain anything).
To ascend a place using one’s hands and feet niti eniti in aliquid: evadere in aliquid (to reach anything by scrambling; e.g. in verticem or in jugum montis).
s. By circumlocution with the verbs in To SCRAMBLE. There is quite a scramble for that article permulti gestiunt concupiscunt illas merces emere
scramble (v.):
I. To attempt to seize hastily: dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3: he threw the dice into the midst, which the boys began to scramble for, talos jecit in medium, quos pueri d. coeperant, Quint. 6, 1, 47: to s. for apples and sweetmeats, poma et opsonia d., Suet. Aug. 98, med.
II. To climb up anything by seizing objects with the hands: scando, di, sum, 3: v.TO CLIMB .
I. To attempt to seize hastily: dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3: he threw the dice into the midst, which the boys began to scramble for, talos jecit in medium, quos pueri d. coeperant, Quint. 6, 1, 47: to s. for apples and sweetmeats, poma et opsonia d., Suet. Aug. 98, med.
II. To climb up anything by seizing objects with the hands: scando, di, sum, 3: v.
scramble (subs.): expr. by verb: v. preced. art.