Lewis & Short

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prūrĭo, īre, v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. pruna], to itch.

  1. I. Lit.: si prurit frictus ocelli angulus, Juv. 6, 578: os prurit, Scrib. Comp. 193.
  2. II. Transf., to itch or long for a thing.
      1. 1. For blows, stripes, etc., Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 139; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 75; id. Mil. 2, 4, 44: vitulus prurit in pugnam, is eager for the combat, Mart. 3, 58, 11.
      2. 2. For pleasure, to be wanton, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Stich. 5, 5, 15; Cat. 88, 2; Mart. 3, 93, 20; 6, 37, 3; 9, 91, 8: incipiant prurire choro puellae, to make a wanton display, Juv. 11, 163: ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros, prurientes auribus, Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3 al.; in this sense also of things, Mart. 1, 36, 11; 12, 96, 3.