itching (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. prūrītus, ūs2. prūrīgo, ĭnis, f. • itching (subs.): 1. prūrītus, ūs: to cause intolerable i., p. intolerabilem facere, Plin. 30, 3, 8: Seren. Sam. 2. prūrīgo, ĭnis, f.: Mart. 14, 23: Cels. Sometimes pl., it cures i., prurigines sanat, Plin. 27, 4, 5 § 18. For fig. sense, v. itch (subs.).
itching (adj.) Copy link • itching (adj.).: Phr.: to have i. ears, auribus prurire, Vulg. II. Tim. iv. 3 (but the phr. is not class.: perh. titillationem quandam auribus adhiberi cupere, cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 113: v. to tickle, fig.).