scarifo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκαρῑφάομαι (skarīpháomai, to scratch an outline (on the body)), from σκᾰ́ρῑφος (skắrīphos, etching, writing), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (the source of Latin scribō).

Pronunciation

Verb

scarīfō (present infinitive scarīfāre, perfect active scarīfāvī, supine scarīfātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to scratch open, scarify

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • scarīfātiō, scarīficātiō

Descendants

  • Spanish: escarbar

References

  • scarifo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scarifo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers