scalperer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scalpo, scalpere, scalpsi, scalptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
scratch, draw nails across (itch/affection); dig out (w/nails); carve/engrave;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
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..."