scalper
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scalper, scalpri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
tool for scraping/paring/cutting away/removing parts of bone/sharpening pens;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...dederis, satis erit,sic ut concedas pedibus aliquid scalpere.""Ne scalpas" inquit "satis est modius tritici?"Plane, immo..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...Sagana maiore ululantem: pallor utrasque fecerat horrendas adspectu. scalpere terram unguibus et pullam divellere mordicus agnam coeperunt; cruor..."