I.to itch.
II. Transf., to itch or long for a thing.
1. For blows, stripes, etc., Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 139; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 75; id. Mil. 2, 4, 44: “vitulus prurit in pugnam,” is eager for the combat, Mart. 3, 58, 11.—
2. For pleasure, to be wanton, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Stich. 5, 5, 15; Cat. 88, 2; Mart. 3, 93, 20; 6, 37, 3; 9, 91, 8: “incipiant prurire choro puellae,” to make a wanton display, Juv. 11, 163: “ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros, prurientes auribus,” Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3 al.; “in this sense also of things,” Mart. 1, 36, 11; 12, 96, 3.