scalpturio

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

scalptūrĭo (scalpūrĭo, Non. 171, 32), īre, v. desid. n. [scalpo],

to scratch , claw : occoepit (gallus) ibi scalpturire ungulis circumcirca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 8.