scratch
scratch
v. trans.
P. κνῆν.
Scratch oneself: P. κνῆσθαι.
Wound on the surface: P. ἐπιτέμνειν ; see wound.
Scratch out: see erase.
v. trans.
P. κνῆν.
Scratch oneself: P. κνῆσθαι.
Wound on the surface: P. ἐπιτέμνειν ; see wound.
Scratch out: see erase.
scratch
subs.
Surface wound: P. ἐπιτομή, ἡ ; see wound.
Scratching: P. κνῆσις, ἡ.
subs.
Surface wound: P. ἐπιτομή, ἡ ; see wound.
Scratching: P. κνῆσις, ἡ.
SCRATCH
s. vulnus leve (a slight wound): summae cutis laceratio: usually by circumlocution. He received a slight scratch on his arm cutis brachii leviter perstricta est
s. vulnus leve (a slight wound): summae cutis laceratio: usually by circumlocution. He received a slight scratch on his arm cutis brachii leviter perstricta est
v. radere (the proper word): scabere (to scrape): scalpere (to scrape shave): fricare perfricare (to rub gently): leviter perstringere (to wound slightly). To scratch the head caput scabere or scalpere; caput perfricare: to scratch behind its ears with its hind feet aures posterioribus pedibus scabere (☞ but radere aures or auriculas in Quint. 3 1 3 and Persius 1 107 is = to offend the ears of a speech etc.). The pen scratches *penna radit chartam: to scratch out radere: eradere: exsculpere. To scratch out one’s eyes oculos alicui effodere. I will scratch out your eyes unguibus involabo tibi in oculos
scratch (subs.): a mark made by a nail or other sharp instrument: no exact equivalent; perh. lĕvis cĭcātrix is the nearest.
scratch (v.):
I. To rub or tear a surface:
1. rādo, si, sum, 3: v.TO SCRAPE .
2. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. up the earth with the nails, terram unguibus scalpere, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26.
II. To wound slightly: sĕco, cui, ctum, 1: lest I should be s.'d with a sharp nail, acuto ne secer ungui, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47: lest thorns s. your legs, ne crura secent sentes, Ov. M. 1, 509.
III. To rub with the nails:
1. rādo, 3: let not women s. their cheeks, mulieres genas ne radunto, xii. Tab. in Cic. Leg. 2. 23, fin.
2. scăbo, scābi, 3: to s. the head, caput s., Hor. S. 1, 10, 71.
3. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. the head with one finger, caput uno digito s., Juv. 9, 133.
IV. To s. out, to erase: ērādo, 3: he s.'d out (the name of) Merula from the list of senators, Merulam senatoris albo erasit, Tac. A. 4, 42. See also,TO ERASE .
I. To rub or tear a surface:
1. rādo, si, sum, 3: v.
2. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. up the earth with the nails, terram unguibus scalpere, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26.
II. To wound slightly: sĕco, cui, ctum, 1: lest I should be s.'d with a sharp nail, acuto ne secer ungui, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47: lest thorns s. your legs, ne crura secent sentes, Ov. M. 1, 509.
III. To rub with the nails:
1. rādo, 3: let not women s. their cheeks, mulieres genas ne radunto, xii. Tab. in Cic. Leg. 2. 23, fin.
2. scăbo, scābi, 3: to s. the head, caput s., Hor. S. 1, 10, 71.
3. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. the head with one finger, caput uno digito s., Juv. 9, 133.
IV. To s. out, to erase: ērādo, 3: he s.'d out (the name of) Merula from the list of senators, Merulam senatoris albo erasit, Tac. A. 4, 42. See also,