prurient
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prurio, prurire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
itch, tingle (in anticipation); be sexually excited, have sexual craving;
pl. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...libellos, Qui certant Sybariticis libellis, Et tinctas sale pruriente chartas Instanti lege Rufe; sed puella Sit tecum..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Gadibus inprobis puellae uibrabunt sine fine prurientes lasciuos docili tremore lumbos; sed quod nec graue sit nec infacetum..."