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scansio

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.

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