stair
stair
subs.
P. ἀναβαθμός, ὁ (Hdt.).
Step, rung: P. and V. βάθρον, τό ; see step.
subs.
P. ἀναβαθμός, ὁ (Hdt.).
Step, rung: P. and V. βάθρον, τό ; see step.
STAIR
gradus (a single step): scalae -arum (a flight of steps stairs): descensio (a flight of steps leading downward). To live up three pair of stairs tribus scalis habitare (Mart. 1 118 7): up stairs contra scalas: down stairs secundum scalas: to throw anybody down stairs aliquem per gradus dejicere: to fall down stairs per gradus praecipitem ire.
gradus (a single step): scalae -arum (a flight of steps stairs): descensio (a flight of steps leading downward). To live up three pair of stairs tribus scalis habitare (Mart. 1 118 7): up stairs contra scalas: down stairs secundum scalas: to throw anybody down stairs aliquem per gradus dejicere: to fall down stairs per gradus praecipitem ire.
stair:
I. A flight of steps:
1. scālae, ārum: to throw oneself under the s.s of a shop, in scalas tabernae se conjicere, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21: to live up three pair of s.s, tribus scalis habitare, Mart. 1, 118, 7.
2. grădūs, uum: the s.s of the temples had been filled with the lowest of the people, gr. templorum ab infima plebe completi erant, Cic. Att. 4, 1.
II. One step in a flight of steps:
1. grădus, ūs: one ascends by a flight of fourteen s.s, per quaterdenos itur gradus, Ov. Pont. 3, 2, 50: cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 40: cf. Vitr. 2, 2, the first s. is mounted with the right foot, cum pede dextro primus gr. ascenditur.
2. scāla: he carried these home up two hundred s.s, haec per ducentas domum tulit s., Mart. 7, 20, 20. Phr.: back s.s, *scalae e posticis aedium partibus: to go up-s.s, ascendere scalas: to go down-s.s, descendere scalas: s.s leading down into the street, scalae in publicum ferentes, Liv. 39, 14: an up-s.s apartment, coenācŭlum, i, n.: Juv.
I. A flight of steps:
1. scālae, ārum: to throw oneself under the s.s of a shop, in scalas tabernae se conjicere, Cic. Phil. 2, 9, 21: to live up three pair of s.s, tribus scalis habitare, Mart. 1, 118, 7.
2. grădūs, uum: the s.s of the temples had been filled with the lowest of the people, gr. templorum ab infima plebe completi erant, Cic. Att. 4, 1.
II. One step in a flight of steps:
1. grădus, ūs: one ascends by a flight of fourteen s.s, per quaterdenos itur gradus, Ov. Pont. 3, 2, 50: cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 40: cf. Vitr. 2, 2, the first s. is mounted with the right foot, cum pede dextro primus gr. ascenditur.
2. scāla: he carried these home up two hundred s.s, haec per ducentas domum tulit s., Mart. 7, 20, 20. Phr.: back s.s, *scalae e posticis aedium partibus: to go up-s.s, ascendere scalas: to go down-s.s, descendere scalas: s.s leading down into the street, scalae in publicum ferentes, Liv. 39, 14: an up-s.s apartment, coenācŭlum, i, n.: Juv.
Stair
See gradus; scalae.