rādo — Lewis & Short
rādo, si, sum, 3, v. a.,
I to scrape, scratch, shave, rub, or smooth; of the hair, to shave off with a razor (while tondere is to cut off with shears; mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. scabo).
I Lit.: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, tear, lacerate by scratching, in mourning, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157;
and Fest. s. v. radere, p. 227: fauces,to irritate, Lucr. 4, 528; Quint. 11, 3, 13 Spald.;
11, 3, 20: terram pedibus (corvus),Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 2:
caput et supercilia,to shave, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20 (just before, abrasa); Petr. 103:
caput, as a token of slavery,Liv. 34, 52 fin.;
in mourning,Suet. Calig. 5;
and in execution of a vow made in times of peril,Juv. 12, 81 (cf. Petr. 103 sqq.):
barbam,Suet. Aug. 79.—Transf., of the person himself:
ut tonderetur diligenter ac raderetur,Suet. Caes. 45; Plin. 7, 59, 59, § 211:
tigna,to smooth off, Lucr. 5, 1267:
virgae,Verg. G. 2, 358; cf.
lapides,to sweep the mosaic ground, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83:
parietes,to scratch, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 52:
aream,i. e. to clear of bushes, Col. 2, 19; cf.:
medicam marris ad solum,to weed out, Plin. 18, 16, 43, § 147:
arva imbribus (Eurus),to strip, lay waste, sweep, ravage, Hor. Epod. 16, 54; cf.:
terras (Aquilo),id. S. 2, 6, 25:
nomen fastis,to scratch out, erase, Tac. A. 3, 17 fin.:
margine in extremo littera rasa,Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22:
tabellae rasae,id. A. A. 1, 437.—
B Poet., transf.
1 To touch in passing, touch upon, brush along, graze; of streams:
ripas radentia flumina rodunt,Lucr. 5, 256; Ov. F. 1, 242; Luc. 2, 425; Sen. Hippol. 16.—
Of sailors: hinc altas cautes projectaque saxa Pachyni Radimus (in sailing by),Verg. A. 3, 700; 5, 170; 7, 10; Val. Fl. 5, 108; Luc. 5, 425; 8, 246 al.: sicco freta radere passu (with percurrere;
of horses running past),Ov. M. 10, 654:
terra rasa squamis (serpentis),id. ib. 3, 75:
arva radens serpens,Stat. Th. 5, 525; cf. Verg. A. 5, 217:
trajectos surculus rasit,crept through, Suet. Ner. 48.—
2 To strip off, nip off:
damnosa canicula quantum raderet,Pers. 3, 50: ista tonstrix radit, i. e. shaves her customers (sc. of their money), Mart. 2, 17, 5.—
II Trop., to grate upon, hurt, offend:
aures delicatas radere,Quint. 3, 1, 3:
teneras auriculas mordaci vero,Pers. 1, 107:
pallentes mores,to lash, satirize, id. 5, 15.