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scărīfo

to scratch open

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What it meant

scărīfo — Lewis & Short

scărīfo (-īpho; later collat. form scă-rīfĭco,

Pall. 4, 10, 28; cf.

I pass. scarifio, Scrib. 262 dub.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = ska^ri=fa/omai, to scratch open, scarify: gingivas, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79: truncum arboris, Pall. Mart. 10, 28: sinapi compressum, Col. 12, 57, 1: dentes, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179; cf. id. 30, 3, 8, § 21.

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