Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Scansoria machina

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SCANSO'RIA MACHINA (ἀκροβατική μηχανή). A scaffolding for working upon at any elevation above the ground. Vitruv. x. 1. 1.