climb Copy link Outline I. Intrans.1. scando, di, sum, 32. inscendo, 3 (to c. into)3. ascendo, escendo4. ēvādo, si, sum, 3 (to c. up); to c. up to the top of the roof, e. ad summi fastigia culminis, Virg.5. ēnītor, nīsus, and nixus, 36. transscendo or transcendo 3 (to c. over)7. sŭpervādo, 3 (to c. over)II. Trans.1. scando, 32. ascendo, escendo, conscendo, etc. • climb: I. Intrans.: 1. scando, di, sum, 3: the cat c.s up to the bird's nest, s. feles ad nidum volucris, Phaedr. Fig.: fear and conscience-stings c. as high as their master, timor et minae s. eodem quo dominus, Hor. 2. inscendo, 3 (to c. into): to c. up into a tree, in arborem in., Pl.: v. to mount. 3. ascendo, escendo: v. to ascend. 4. ēvādo, si, sum, 3 (to c. up); to c. up to the top of the roof, e. ad summi fastigia culminis, Virg.: to c. over the enemies' heads, per capita hostium e., Curt.: Liv. 5. ēnītor, nīsus, and nixus, 3: (to struggle up; c. up with an effort): to c. up to the top of a mountain, e. in verticem montis, Curt.: the horses find it hard to c. up when fresh at morn, vix mane recentes en. equi, Ov. 6. transscendo or transcendo 3 (to c. over): to c. over into the enemies' ships, tr. in hostium naves, Caes.: to c. over a wall, maceriam tr., Caes. 7. sŭpervādo, 3 (to c. over): to c. over the ruins of a wall, ruinas muri s., Liv. II. Trans.: to mount by c.ing: 1. scando, 3: to c. a mast, malum s., Cic. Fig.: carking care c.s the brass-beaked galley, s. aeratas naves vitiosa cura, Hor. 2. ascendo, escendo, conscendo, etc.: v. to ascend, mount. Also all the verbs given under (I.) may convey the transitive notion either with or without a prep., as, to c. the ridge of a hill, ad summum jugum montis eniti, evadere; to c. a tree, in arborem inscendere, escendere, etc.