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a biting jest

  • 1 mordeo

    mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi; v. in the foll.), morsum, 2, v. a. [root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. smerdnos, smerdaleos; (cf. Engl. smart)], to bite, to bite into (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: si me canis memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.):

    canes mordere possunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57:

    mordens pulex,

    biting, Mart. 14, 83:

    (serpens) fixum hastile momordit,

    bit into, Ov. M. 3, 68:

    mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc.,

    taste, Juv. 6, 632: terram, to bite the ground, bite the dust, of expiring warriors writhing on the ground:

    procubuit moriens et humum semel ore momordit,

    Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.:

    morsi a rabioso cane,

    Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100:

    laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis,

    Cat. 64, 316.—
    2.
    In partic., to eat, devour, consume ( poet.):

    tunicatum cum sale mordens Caepe,

    Pers. 4, 30:

    ostrea,

    Juv. 6, 305:

    sordes farris mordere canini,

    id. 5, 11.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To bite into, take fast hold of, catch fast; to press or cut into ( poet.):

    laterum juncturas fibula mordet,

    takes hold of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274:

    mordebat fibula vestem,

    Ov. M. 8, 318:

    id quod a lino mordetur,

    where the thread presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4:

    locus (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit,

    id. 7, 5, 4:

    arbor mordet humum,

    takes hold of the ground, is rooted in the ground, Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, poet., of a river: non rura quae Liris quieta Mordet aqua, cuts or penetrates into, Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—
    2.
    To nip, bite, sting:

    matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,

    nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [p. 1165] aestus, id. Ep. 1, 8, 5:

    mordeat et tenerum fortior aura nemus,

    Mart. 8, 14, 2:

    radix gustu acri mordet,

    bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133:

    linguam,

    id. 29, 2, 9, § 34:

    oculos,

    id. 21, 6, 17, § 32:

    urtica foliis non mordentibus,

    stinging, burning, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—
    II.
    Trop., to bite, sting, pain, hurt (syn.: pungo, stimulo, remordeo;

    class.): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere clanculum,

    bit, stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21:

    morderi dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25:

    jocus mordens,

    a biting jest, Juv. 9, 10:

    mordear opprobriis falsis,

    shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38:

    par pari referto, quod eam mordeat,

    to vex, mortify, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55:

    valde me momorderunt epistolae tuae,

    Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1:

    scribis, morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis,

    that it grieves you, affects you, id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    dolore occulto morderi,

    to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806:

    nec qui detrectat praesentia, Livor iniquo Ullum de nostris dente momordit opus,

    detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46:

    morderi conscientiā,

    to feel the sting of conscience, Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:

    hunc mordebit objurgatio,

    Quint. 1, 3, 7.—
    B.
    To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.):

    hoc tene, hoc morde,

    Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —
    C.
    To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mordeo

  • 2 mordeō

        mordeō momordī, morsus, ēre    [MORD-], to bite, bite into: qui (canes) mordere possunt: (serpens) hastile momordit, bit into, O.: Mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc., taste, Iu.: humum ore momordit, bit the dust, V.— To eat, devour, consume: ostrea, Iu.— To bite into, take hold of, catch fast: laterum iuncturas fibula mordet, clasps, V.: mordebat fibula vestem, O.— To cut into, wash away: rura quae Liris quietā Mordet aquā, H.— To nip, bite, sting: matutina parum cautos iam frigora mordent, H.—Fig., to bite, sting, pain, hurt: morderi dictis, O.: iocus mordens, a biting jest, Iu.: mordear opprobriis falsis, shall be vexed, H.: valde me momorderunt epistulae tuae: morderi conscientiā, feel the sting of conscience.
    * * *
    I
    mordere, memordi, - V
    bite; sting; hurt, pain; vex; (archaic perf. form of mordeo)
    II
    mordere, momordi, morsus V
    bite; sting; hurt, pain; vex; criticize, carp at; eat, consume; bite/cut into

    Latin-English dictionary > mordeō

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