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• Support Normal English term for this. Septentrionalis 20:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
• Support. Why was this moved here in the first place, anyway? Algebra 22:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
  • It was done by a vandal (the current name is a misspelt french swear word), but I don't want to just copy & paste it back 'cause that will lose the edit history. I have posted the page on requested moves. FiggyBee 04:43, 27 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

Done. —Nightstallion (?) 11:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

As far as I can tell, perfricari is a verb describing the use of a strigil (it means "to be rubbed off"). The actual latin word for strigil is strigilis. FiggyBee (talk) 01:47, 9 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

I have read that sand was mixed with the first application of oil and rubbed into the skin, after which the strigil was used to scrape, and then a scented oil or herbal salve was finally rubbed in. But I'm no expert. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.152.105 (talk) 01:45, 17 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sand? You've never been to the beach, one gathers. "Read" indeed.--Wetman (talk) 20:04, 17 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Wetman, your sarcastic dismissal is childish, not to mention foolish. Even a cursory Google search shows many references to the use of sand and oil together, to be scraped off with the strigil. I'd also like to suggest you try this mixture as a beverage, it could only improve the quality of your verbal emanations. --Weeping rash (talk) 17:25, 3 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

The reference to a marble sarcophagus supposedly belonging to a Greek physician is erroneous. The accompanying photo shows a sarcophagus located in the Abbey of St. Victor in Marseilles; it is decorated with a Christian cross. Nothing suggests any connection with an ancient Greek physician. Still worse, the accompanying citation is an article by C.T. Gontar about a Mexican chair belonging to Thomas Jefferson. I recommend deleting this sentence as a total falsehood. Thuvan Dihn (talk) 01:12, 29 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Homer is used first as evidence that the strigil wasn't used in archaic times, then Homer is used as evidence that it was being used in archaic times. Section needs serious research and rework. ~2026-44253-59 (talk) 20:42, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply