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scabiosus

scabiosus · adj

Rough

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Where it lives

Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

scăbĭōsus — Lewis & Short

scăbĭōsus, a, um, adj.id. (post-Aug.).

I Rough, scurfy: coralium, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 22: far, old, spoiled, Pers. 5, 74.—

II Scabby, mangy: boves, Col.11,2,83: (homo), Pers. 2, 13: anguli (oculorum), Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 36: macies mulorum, App. M. 9, p. 223.

In the wild

scabiosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.2.p2
scabiosa Tertullian, Apologeticum 14.1
scabiosus Persius, Saturae 2.13
scabiosum Persius, Saturae 5.74
scabiosa Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.13
scabiosi Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.22

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Where it came from

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