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prurio

prurio, to itch

prūrĭo, īre, v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. pruna], to itch.
  • I Lit.: si prurit frictus ocelli angulus, Juv. 6, 578: os prurit, Scrib. Comp. 193.—
  • II Transf., to itch or long for a thing.
      • 1 For blows, stripes, etc., Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 36 (1315); id. Am. 1, 1, 139 (291); id. Bacch. 5, 2, 75 (1194); id. Mil. 2, 4, 44 (397): vitulus prurit in pugnam, is eager for the combat, Mart. 3, 58, 11.—
      • 2 For pleasure, to be wanton, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 32 (32); id. Stich. 5, 5, 15 (756); Cat. 88, 2; Mart. 3, 93, 20; 6, 37, 3; 9, 91, 8: incipiant prurire choro puellae, to make a wanton display, Juv. 11, 163: ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros, prurientes auribus, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3 al.; in this sense also of things, Mart. 1, 36, 11; 12, 96, 3.

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