verb transitive

adrādo

2nd PP ad-rādere · 3rd PP ad-rasi · 4th PP ad-rasum · conj. 3rd

to scrape; shave; pare close

to scrape, shave, or pare close.

scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.:… literal •

Lit.: scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.: adrasum cacumen, lopped off, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 138: scalpello acuto (sarmentum) in modum cunei adradito, Col. de Arb. 8: conspexit Adrasum quendam, newly shaved, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50.—

if it be not yet completed; still it is nearly so figuratively

Fig.: Αειτούργιον illud, nescio an satis, circumcisum tamen et adrasum est, i. e. if it be not yet completed, still it is nearly so (the fig. is prob. derived from sculpture), Plin. Ep. 2, 12 Keil.

Perseus ID: n989 Key: adrado