D / dēsquāmo
verb transitive

dēsquāmo

no perf., ātum, 1
to scale off, to scale
to scale off, to scale.
pisces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 1.— literal
Prop.: pisces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 1.—
by extension
To peel off, to rub, scour, clean off
To peel off, to rub, scour, clean off: corticem, Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 134: corpus (vitis), id. 17, 24, 37, § 227: terrenum, to shake off, scrape off, id. 25, 8, 54, § 97 et saep.: rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 15.—
parts of the body from which the skin has been rubbed off, excoriated parts
Dēsquāmāta, ōrum, n. In medic. lang., parts of the body from which the skin has been rubbed off, excoriated parts, Gr. ἀποσύρματα, Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139; 24, 11, 55, § 93 al.