scandula

scandŭla (later form scindŭla, as if from scindo), ae, f. dim. [scando],

• a shingle for a roof (so named from their rising, like steps, one above the other); mostly plur., Hirt. B. G. 8, 42 init.; Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 36; 16, 10, 18, § 42; Col. 8, 3, 6; Vitr. 2, 1; Isid. 19, 19, 7; Pall. 1, 22.

1. scandula, ae, f. (scande), die Schindel, Dachschindel, Hirt. b. G., Vitr. u.a. – Die Variante scindula ist bei den früheren Schriftstellern überall die Lesart der weniger guten Hdschrn., u. auch die Inschrn. haben scandula, s. Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 1730; doch scheint scindula (v. scindo) die später üblichere Form gewesen zu sein, s. Isid. orig. 19, 19, 7. Pallad, 1, 22 Schmitt (wo Schneider gegen die Hdschrn. scandulis).

2. scandula, s. scandala.

scandula v. scandala

1 scandŭla, (16) æ, f. , bardeau, petite planche pour couvrir un toit [surt. au pl.] : Hirt. G. 8, 42 ; Plin. 16, 36.

➳ orth. scindula postér.

2 scandŭla, æ, f. , sorte de blé : Diocl. 1, 8 ; Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 11.

Scandŭla

(σχίδαξ). A shingle, used in early times for covering houses in place of the tiles (see tegula) that were afterward commonly employed. Shingles were used in Rome until about the third century B.C. (Pliny H. N. xvi. 15).