scalas

scalas is a Latin form of scala, meaning “(scalae) ladder, stairs”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

It can also be a form of scalae, “ladder, stairs”.

Found 56 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.28: … one concursantibus illis atque in ea re occupatis vulgo ex tectis significabant. Per quos re cognita Caesar I scalas parari militesque armari iubet, ne quam rei gerendae facultatem dimittat. Pompeius sub noctem naves solvit. Q …

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 72.1: … bus uitae continentissimum constat ac sine suspicione ullius uitii. habitauit primo iuxta Romanum forum supra Scalas anularias, in domo quae Calui oratoris fuerat; postea in Palatio, sed nihilo minus aedibus modicis Hortensian …

All forms of scala (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.