scratch (subs.) Copy link • scratch (subs.): a mark made by a nail or other sharp instrument: no exact equivalent; perh. lĕvis cĭcātrix is the nearest.
scratch (v.) Copy link Outline I. To rub or tear a surface1. rādo, si, sum, 32. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3II. To wound slightlyIII. To rub with the nails1. rādo, 32. scăbo, scābi, 33. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3IV. To s. out, to erase • scratch (v.): I. To rub or tear a surface: 1. rādo, si, sum, 3: v. to scrape. 2. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. up the earth with the nails, terram unguibus scalpere, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26. 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. III. To rub with the nails: 1. rādo, 3: let not women s. their cheeks, mulieres genas ne radunto, xii. Tab. in Cic. Leg. 2. 23, fin. 2. scăbo, scābi, 3: to s. the head, caput s., Hor. S. 1, 10, 71. 3. scalpo, psi, ptum, 3: to s. the head with one finger, caput uno digito s., Juv. 9, 133. 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.
SCRATCH Copy link • SCRATCH 1. s. vulnus leve (a slight wound): summae cutis laceratio: usually by circumlocution. He received a slight scratch on his arm, cutis brachii leviter perstricta est 2. v. radere (the proper word): scabere (to scrape): scalpere (to scrape, shave): fricare, perfricare (to rub gently): leviter perstringere (to wound slightly). To scratch the head, caput scabere or scalpere; caput perfricare: to scratch behind its ears with its hind feet, aures posterioribus pedibus scabere (☞ but radere aures or auriculas, in Quint., 3, 1, 3, and Persius, 1, 107, is = to offend the ears, of a speech, etc.). The pen scratches, *penna radit chartam: to scratch out, radere: eradere: exsculpere. To scratch out one’s eyes, oculos alicui effodere. I will scratch out your eyes, unguibus involabo tibi in oculos