itch (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The disease so called1. scăbies, ēi, f.; (in cattle, the mange)2. scabrĭties, ēi, f. (rare in this sense)II. The sensationIII. 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.)
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.)
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: