ITCH Copy link • ITCH 1. s. prurigo: pruritus: formicatio. [SYN. in To ITCH.] Having the itch, pruriginosus. 2. v. prurire (general term): formicare (as if ants were running over the part that itches): verminare ( “vermina = dolores corporis cum quodam minuto motu, quasi a vermibus scindatur,” Festi, Mart., 14, 23). My skin itchs, cutis prurit mihi (also, IMPROP., of one who is going to be beaten); cutis formicat: my ear itchs, auris verminat mihi. IMPROPR., Itching ears, *aures nova semper sitientes: to please itching ears, perhaps aures alicujus quasi voluptate titillare (Cic., after levitatem alicujus quasi voluptate titillare, Cic.). To long, Vid: