scandere: up, into, etc., scandere aliquid or in aliquid (e.g. the walls, muros; the rampart, in aggerem): conscendere with accusative (with reference to remaining on the top of the thing ascended; e.g., equum, navem): ascendere aliquid or in aliquid (to climb up till the top is reached: a wall, murum; the sides of a ship, navem or in navem): inscendere in aliquid (with reference to being in it after we have ascended: a tree, in arborem: into a carriage, bed, in currum, lectum): escendere in aliquid (with reference to our being raised above the rest, and so distinguished from them, when we are there: the rostra, escendere in rostra, in concionem: the mast, escendere in malum): to climb over, transcendere aliquid (e.g., a wall, maceriem, muros): superare aliquid (if it is a feat of difficulty and labor; e.g., munitiones): evadere in with accusative (to a place, whether with a friendly or hostile purpose): niti or eniti in with accusative (to struggle up to). To climb up to the top of the mountain, evadere in jugum montis; eniti in verticum montis: to the top of the wall, murum or in murum ascendere; in murum (or muros) evadere; in moenia evadere (both eithr of the defenders or attackers of a city). Hard to climb (of a hill, etc.), aditu difficilis or arduus. FIG., to climb to honors, rank, office, etc., ascendere ad altiorem gradum: promoveri ad, or in ampliorem gradum, or ad ampliora officia: procedere honoribus longius.