scalpit
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. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...quales, umbriferos ubi pandit Thabraca saltus, in uetula scalpit iam mater simia bucca. plurima sunt iuuenum discrimina, pulchrior..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...condemnavitque. Ac dum exulceratam in fronte verrucam vehementius scalpit, profluente sanguine, "Vtinam," inquit, "hactenus." Tunc horas requirenti..."