dē-squāmo

I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to scale off, to scale.

I. Prop.: pisces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 1.—

II. Transf.

A. To peel off, to rub, scour, clean off: corticem, Plin. 23, 7, 70, § 134: corpus (vitis), id. 17, 24, 37, § 227: terrenum, id. 25, 8, 54, § 97 et saep.: rador, subvellor, desquamor, pumicor, ornor, Lucil. ap. Non. 95, 15.—

B. 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.