prurire
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prurio, prurire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
itch, tingle (in anticipation); be sexually excited, have sexual craving;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...atque ministri.] forsitan expectes ut Gaditana canoro incipiant prurire choro plausuque probatae ad terram tremulo descendant clune puellae..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nuptuire post mortes uirumque demens cineribus tuis quaeris prurire. Quid si Sattiae uelit saxum? Quis coniugem te, quis..."
