escalade Copy link • escalade: expr. by scālae, arum, and a verb: to make preparations for an e., scalas admovere, Caes.: to advance to the e., murum scalis aggredi, Sall.; positis scalis muros ascendere, Caes.: to take by e., [oppidum] scalis capere, Liv.: v. scaling-ladder.
ESCALADE Copy link • ESCALADE*scalae muris admotae, or scalae only, or circumlocution by scalas moenibus admovere or applicare scalis muros aggredi or ascendere; positis scalis muros ascendere (Caes.). To take a city by escalade, *oppidum scalis (admotis) capere: to endeavor to take a city by escalade, scalas erigi jubere (Tac.): scalis (or positis scalis) muros ascendere or aggredi.