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adrado

adrado, to scrape, cut short, shave

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adradi Verb: present passive infinitive of adrado

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ad-rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [ad, intens.], to scrape, shave, or pare close.
  • I Lit.: scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.: adrasum cacumen, lopped off, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 138: scalpello acuto (sarmentum) in modum cunei adradito, Col. Arb. 8: conspexit Adrasum quendam, newly shaved, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50.—
  • II Fig.: Λειτούργιον illud, nescio an satis, circumcisum tamen et adrasum est, i. e. if it be not yet completed, still it is nearly so (the fig. is prob. derived from sculpture), Plin. Ep. 2, 12 Keil.

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