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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Caesar noun Gall. 1.1 omnia

Contents (5 senses)

I. The disease so called
1. scăbies, ēi, f.; (in cattle, the mange)
2. scabrĭties, ēi, f. (rare in this sense)
II. The sensation
III. A morbid desire

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.

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I. The disease so called
1. scăbies, ēi, f.; (in cattle, the mange)
2. scabrĭties, ēi, f. (rare in this sense)
II. The sensation
III. A morbid desire

• itch (subs.):

I. The disease so called:

1. scăbies, ēi, f.; (in cattle, the mange): Cels. 5, 28, 16: Just.
2. scabrĭties, ēi, f. (rare in this sense): Col. (of beasts). (Cels. 5, 28, 17, describes several kinds of impĕtīgo, of a very similar nature to scabies.) Having the i., pruriginosus, scabiosus, Gai. Dig. 21, 1, 3.

II. The sensation: prūrītus, prūrīgo: v. itching (subs.).
III. A morbid desire: căcŏēthes, is, n. (rare): an incurable i. for scribbling, insanabile scribendi c., Juv. 7, 51. Or by circuml., mala cupiditas s. cupido. (Also scabies, prurigo, are used fig., of contagious, irritating desire; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 14, inter scabiem tantam et contagia lucri: esp. lewd desire, Mart.. v. Forcell. s. v.)