itch (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. prūrio 42. formīco, 1 (v. rare)II. Fig. • itch (v.): I. Lit.: 1. prūrio 4: it makes the whole face i., totum os prurire facit, Scrib.: the more it i.'s, the harder it is to cure, quo prurit magis, eo difficilius tollitur, Cels. 5, 28, 16. (Rodo, lit. to gnaw, appears to denote itching sensation, cf. Cels. l. c. 17, impetigo ... exulcerata est et rodit; ib. 18, leviter, vehementer roditur cutis, the skin i.'s slightly, excessively.) 2. formīco, 1 (v. rare): Plin. 30, 14, 43. Phr.: if your ear i.'s, si tibi prurigine verminat auris, Mart. 14, 23 (but vermino strictly denotes an aching, or excruciating pain). II. Fig.: to be eager to do something: gestio, 4: I i. to know all about it, gestio scire ista omnia, Cic. Att. 4, 11: cf. Pl. Am. 1, 1, 170, gestiunt pugni mihi ("my fists itch," i. e. to be at some one). (N.B.--Prurio in fig. sense is used only of prurient desire.)