scăber — Lewis & Short
scăber, bra, brum, adj.,
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.—
II Trop., rough, etc. (post-class.):
versus (sc. veterum poëtarum),Macr. S. 6, 3 fin.