I.rough, scurfy, scabrous (esp. from uncleanness).
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): pectus illuvie scabrum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: “manus,” Ov. F. 4, 921: “rubigine dentes,” id. M. 8, 802: “scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses,” Luc. 1, 243; Suet. Aug. 79: “unguis,” Ov. A. A. 3, 276; Cels. 6, 19 fin.: “scaber intonsusque homo,” Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90: “tophus,” Verg. G. 2, 214; Ov. H. 15, 141: “robigo (pilorum),” Verg. G. 1, 495 (cf.: “scabies et robigo ferri,” id. ib. 2, 220): “cortex (opp. levis),” Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: “folia (opp. levia),” id. 18, 7, 10, § 58: “chartae,” Plin. Ep. 8, 15, 2: “gemma,” Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 46, § 130: “aspectus arboris,” id. 12, 25, 54, § 114. —Comp.: “arbor myrrhae junipero,” Plin. 12, 15, 34, § 67.—
B. In partic., scabby, mangy, itchy: “oves,” Cato, R. R. 96, 2; Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 140; Col. 7, 3, 10; Pall. 8, 2 Mai: “genae,” Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239.—
