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

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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.
scratch (v.) Copy link
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• scratch (v.):
    1. I. To rub or tear a surface:
      1. 1. rādo, si, sum, 3: v. to scrape.
      2. 2. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. up the earth with the nails, terram unguibus scalpere, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26.
    2. II. To wound slightly: sĕco, cui, ctum, 1: lest I should be s.'d with a sharp nail, acuto ne secer ungui, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47: lest thorns s. your legs, ne crura secent sentes, Ov. M. 1, 509.
    3. III. To rub with the nails:
      1. 1. rādo, 3: let not women s. their cheeks, mulieres genas ne radunto, xii. Tab. in Cic. Leg. 2. 23, fin.
      2. 2. scăbo, scābi, 3: to s. the head, caput s., Hor. S. 1, 10, 71.
      3. 3. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. the head with one finger, caput uno digito s., Juv. 9, 133.
    4. IV. To s. out, to erase: ērādo, 3: he s.'d out (the name of) Merula from the list of senators, Merulam senatoris albo erasit, Tac. A. 4, 42. See also, to erase.