The corpus record — Latin

scalpo

scalpo · v. a

To cut

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Where it lives

Antoninus Heliogabalus 3 · 5.18/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 5 · 4.56/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
De Architectura 10 · 1.73/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Naturalis Historia 32 · 0.81/10k
Saturae 2 · 0.8/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. scalpo — Lewis & Short

scalpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.root skalp-; Gr. ska/loy, mole; Lat. talpa; cf. scalprum; also Gr. glu/fw.

I To cut, carve, scrape, scratch, engrave (class.; syn. caelo), said of surface work, = ce/ein; sculpo, of deeper work, high relief, or statuary, = glu/fw: ad pingendum, ad fingendum, ad scalpendum apta manus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150: Phidiam tradunt scalpsisse marmora, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 15: marmora ac scyphos, id. 35, 11, 40, § 128 (Sillig, sculpsit): gemmas, id. 37, 10, 65, § 177: flores et acanthi eleganter scalpti, Vitr. 2, 7, 4.—Poet.: sepulcro querelam, to carve, Hor. C. 3, 11, 52.—Transf., to scratch: terram unguibus, to scratch, dig, Hor. S. 1, 8, 26; Col. 7, 5, 6: exulceratam verrucam, Suet. Dom. 16: nates, Pompon. ap. Non. 516, 26: caput uno digito, Juv. 9, 133: scalpendo tantum ferreis unguibus, Plin. 13, 7, 14, § 56.—*

II Trop., in mal. part., to tickle, titillate: tremulo scalpuntur ubi intima versu, Pers. 1, 21.

2. scalpö — Walde–Hofmann

scalpö, -si, -fum, -ere „kratze, ritze, scharre, schneide mit einem Werkzeug, meifle* (seit Nov. und Pompon., rom., ebenso scalpellö „ritze® seit Marcell. med., scalpellum [-us] „Lanzette“ seit Cic., rom. *scarpellum; vgl. scalpurriö „kratze“ Plt. (vgl. Hgurrio; scalpurrigö „das Kratzen“ seit Solın.), scalptüra „das Schnitzen“ seit Suet., scalptor seit Plin., scalptörium n. „Kratzwerkzeug“ seit Mart., scalpitio und … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. scalpö, p. 1392]

In the wild

scalpturae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.7.p4
scalpatur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.7.p1
scalpantur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.10.p14
scalpentibusque Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.5.p1
scalperet Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 7.37.p2
scalpam Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae appendix.9.12

6 of 72 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. scalpö (scan pp. 1392-1394; entry #2456). Root candidates: *sE-, *scil-, *seilic-.

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