scobis

scŏbis (collat. form scobs, only acc. to Prisc. p. 751 P.; but scobis is found in Cels. 5, 5; 8, 2; Col. 4, 29, 15; 7, 10, 4; cf. scrobis init.), is, f. (m., Vitr. 8, 3; Pall. Febr. 17, 6) [scabo],

• powder or dust produced by sawing, rasping, etc.; sawdust, scrapings, filings, etc., Cels. 1. 1.; Col. 1. 1.; Hor. S. 2, 4, 81; Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 111; Juv. 14, 67 al.: citreus, i. e. grated lemon-peel, Vitr. 8, 3, 8: cutis, scurf, etc., Plin. 30, 4, 10, § 28.

scobis, is, f. (scabo), alles Feine od. Kleine, was beim Feilen, Sägen, Raspeln, Bohren abfällt, der Feilstaub, die Raspelspäne, Sägespäne, das Sägemehl, Bohrmehl, Cels. u. Colum.: scobis aeris delimata, Plin.: scobinam a scobe, Varro LL.: zum Bestreuen des Fußbodens beim Ausfegen gebraucht, Hor. sat. 2, 4, 81. Sen. contr. 9, 1 (25), 4. Iuven. 14, 67: auri scobis (Goldstaub), zum Bestreuen der Haare, Treb. Poll. Gallien. 16, 4. – übtr., scobem cutis oesypum extenuat, Schuppen u. was dem ähnlich ist, Plin . 30, 28. – ➳ Gen. masc., scobe citreo, Vitr. 8, 3, 8: educto scobe, Pallad. 3, 17, 7: hic scobis et haec scobes (so!), Schol. Cruq. Hor. sat. 2, 4, 81. – Nom. scobs nur nach Prisc. 7, 40.

scobis [CL] 1 powder or scrapings or other waste of metal. b small particles of sand or sim. (used for scouring). ~es ferri virtutem habet similem ~e eram'is [? l. eraminis] ‥ sed hec ventrem purgat Alph. 177; ~es est scoria cujusque metalli LC 264.  b grit for scouring, scrobs Levins Manip. 148. 2 dust, sweepings (perh. by assoc. w. scopa, scopare). swepinge of a house, scobs CathA. 3 tool for scraping, rasp, file. a scabo hec scops, -opis, i. ferrum quo ligna planantur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 535; scopes, ferrum unde ligna planantur Ib. 560.

scŏbis, (14) is, f. (scabo), râpure, raclure, copeau, limaille, etc. : Cels. Med. 5, 5 ; Col. Rust. 4, 29, 15 || sciure : Hor. S. 2, 4, 81 ; Juv. 14, 66 || scobis cutis Plin. 30, 28, dartre.

➳ m. , Vitr. Arch. 8, 3, 8 ; Pall. 3, 17, 7 || nom. scobs dʼaprès Prisc. Gramm. 7, 40, sans ex.

scobis vel scobo, is. f.
銼末。剉末。

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scobis is, f

• 2 SCAP-, sawdust, scrapings, filings: in scobe quantus Consistit sumptus?i. e. how little it costs to strew the floor with sawdust, H., Iu.

SCOBIS

SCOBISsawdust, was sprinkled over the floor, especially in dining-rooms, so that the dust and any impurities might be swept up with it (Hor. Sat. 2.4, 81; Juven. 14.67; cf. Plin. Nat.36.184). In smarter houses the sawdust was dyed with saffron or vermilion (Petron. 68). Heliogabalus is said to have had his portico strewn with gold dust, or gold filings (scobe auri), and to have regretted that he could invent nothing more costly for the purpose, (Lamprid. Elagab. 31; for this scobis =ῥίνημα from metal-working, cf. Plin. Nat.34.111; Blümner, Techenologie, 4.256).

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Scobis

Sawdust, which was used by the Romans for sprinkling upon the floor of rooms, especially of dining-rooms, as on the terrasses of modern French cafés and the floors of bar-rooms (Hor. Sat. ii. 4, 81; Juv. xiv. 67). In the houses of the wealthy, this sawdust was often coloured red or a bright yellow (Petron. 68). Elagabalus used gold-dust for the same purpose (Lamprid. Elagab. 31). The name is also used of filings of metals (cf. Blümner, Technologie, iv. 256).