scabritia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

scă_brĭtĭa, ae, and scă_brĭtĭes, em, ē (in both forms post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Plin.), f. [scaber].

I In gen., roughness , ruggedness : digitorum, Plin. 34, 13, 34, § 131: unguium, id. 28, 9, 37, § 139: linguae, id. 31, 9, 45, § 100: chartae levigatur dente, id. 13, 12, 25, § 81: corticis, id. 21, 4, 10, § 17: ferramentorum, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: arteriae, id. 27, 12, 105, § 130 et saep.—*

II The scab , the itch , Col. 7, 5, 8.