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  • 1 mordax

    mordax, ācis, adj. [mordeo], biting, given to biting, snappish ( poet. and in postAug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    canis,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27: equus, Labeo ap. Gell. 4, 2:

    asinus,

    App. M. 8, p. 213 init.: Memmius, Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.— Poet.:

    fibula,

    Sid. Carm. 5, 18.—
    B.
    Transf., stinging, sharp, biting, pungent:

    urtica,

    stinging, Ov. A. A. 2, 417:

    arista mordacior hordeo,

    Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 61:

    mordacissima marga,

    id. 17, 8, 4, § 45:

    mordaci icta ferro Pinus,

    biting, deepcutting, Hor. C. 4, 6, 9:

    pumex,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 506:

    pulvis,

    corrosive, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 123:

    fel,

    biting, sharp, Ov. P. 3, 3, 106:

    acetum,

    sharp, pungent, Pers. 5, 86:

    sucus,

    Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89.—
    II.
    Trop., biting, disposed to bite.
    A.
    Of persons:

    Cynicus,

    biting, snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18:

    lividus et mordax,

    id. S. 1, 4, 93.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    carmen,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 563:

    invidia,

    Phaedr. 5 prol. 8:

    verum,

    Pers. 1, 107:

    sollicitudines,

    biting, carking, Hor. C. 1, 18, 4:

    belle interim subicitur pro eo, quod neges, aliud mordacius,

    a more stinging assertion, Quint. 6, 3, 74.—Hence, adv.: mordācĭter, bitingly ( poet. and postclass. prose), Macr. S. 7, 3, 8.— Comp.:

    neque enim in nobis febris alias partes mordacius impellit, sed per omnia pari aequalitate discurrit,

    Sen. Q. N. 6, 15, 3:

    limā mordacius uti,

    more sharply, Ov. P. 1, 5, 19:

    scribere,

    Lact. 5, 2, 12.

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  • 2 mordāx

        mordāx ācis, adj.    [MORD], biting, given to biting, snappish: Memmius.— Stinging, sharp, biting, pungent: urtica, O.: ferrum, H.: pumex, O.—Fig., biting, disposed to bite: Cynicus, snarling, H.: carmen, O.: invidia, Ph.: sollicitudines, consuming, H.
    * * *
    (gen.), mordacis ADJ
    biting, snappish; tart; cutting, sharp; caustic

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  • 3 dicācitās

        dicācitās ātis, f    [dicax], biting wit, raillery.
    * * *
    mordant or caustic raillery; biting wit

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  • 4 mordicus

        mordicus adv.    [mordeo], by biting, with bites, with the teeth: premere capita: auriculam fortasse abstulisset, would have bitten off: divellere agnam, H.—Fig.: rem tenere, hold fast.
    * * *
    by biting, with the teeth; tenaciously

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  • 5 mordacitas

    mordācĭtas, ātis, f. [mordax], the power of biting or stinging, mordacity (post-Aug.):

    urticarum foliis inest aculeata mordacitas,

    Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91:

    vinosa,

    sharp, like sour wine, id. 21, 18, 72, § 120.— Transf., snappishness, biting severity in language, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 12.

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  • 6 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.).

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  • 7 mordicus

    1.
    mordĭcus, adv. [mordeo], by biting, with bites, with the teeth, odax (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mordicus arripere,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 7:

    si adbites propius, os denasabit tibi Mordicus,

    will bite your nose off, id. Capt. 3, 4, 73; cf. id. Men. 1, 3, 12:

    equus eum mordicus interfecit,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9:

    premere capita mordicus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124:

    auriculam fortasse mordicus abstulisset,

    would have bitten off, id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2:

    caudā mordicus apprehensā,

    Plin. 8, 37, 55, § 132:

    calcibus feriens et mordicus appetens,

    App. M. 3, p. 140.—Prov.: mordicus petere aurum e flammā expediat, e ceno cibum, Lucil. ap. Non. 138, 21.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    rem mordicus tenere,

    to hold fast to, not give up, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

    verba tenent mordicus,

    id. Fin. 4, 28, 78; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 184 P.
    2.
    mordĭcus, a, um, adj. [id.], biting, snappish:

    quem equi mordici distraxerunt (al. mordicus, al. mordicibus),

    Hyg. Fab. 273.

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  • 8 mordosus

    mordōsus, a, um, adj. [id.], biting, given to biting: mordosus, dêktikos, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

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  • 9 morsicatim

    morsĭcātim, adv. [morsico], by biting, by biting the lips together (ante-class.): labellis morsicatim lusitant, Naev. ap. Non. 139, 25.

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  • 10 adāctus

        adāctus    P. of adigo.
    * * *
    thrust; forcing/bringing together (L+S); bite, biting

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  • 11 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

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  • 12 morsus

        morsus ūs, m    [mordeo], a biting, bite: avium minorum morsūs: saxum Morsibus insequi, O.: Nec tu mensarum morsūs horresce, the eating, V.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem, their teeth, V.: zonam morsu tenere, by the teeth, Iu.: discludere morsūs Roboris, i. e. open the cleft trunk (which held the javelin), V.—Fig., a bite, sting, pain, vexation: (carmina) morsu venerare, malicious attack, H.: perpetui curarum morsūs, gnawing pains, O.: doloris.
    * * *
    bite, sting; anguish, pain; jaws; teeth

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  • 13 sāl

        sāl salis    [1 SAL-], salt water, brine, the sea: sale tabentes artūs, V.: aequorei unda salis, O.: Hypanis salibus vitiatur amaris, O.— Salt: praebere ligna salemque, H.: multos modios salis: aquae et salis copia, Cs.: sale invecto uti, L.— Fig., intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm: habere salem, T.: aliquid salis a mimā uxore trahere: sale vicit omnīs: salis satis est, sannionum parum: (Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit, H.: delectatur sale nigro, i. e. biting sarcasm, H.— Plur, witticisms, jests, smart sayings, sarcasms: Romani veteres atque urbani sales: Plautinos laudare sales, H.: salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis, Iu.— Good taste, elegance: tectum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat, N.
    * * *
    I II
    salt; wit

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  • 14 admorsus

    I
    admorsa, admorsum ADJ
    bitten, gnawed
    II
    bite, biting, gnawing

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  • 15 ammorsus

    I
    ammorsa, ammorsum ADJ
    bitten, gnawed
    II
    bite, biting, gnawing

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  • 16 amycticus

    amyctica, amycticum ADJ
    scratching; sharp/biting (of medical remedies)

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  • 17 defricate

    sharply, keenly; (of speech); with biting scarcasm (L+S)

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  • 18 mordacitas

    stinging, property of stinging; biting sarcasm (Erasmus)

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  • 19 morsus

    a biting, bite, also, sting, pain.

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  • 20 adactus

    1.
    ădactus, a, um, Part. of adigo.
    2.
    ădactus, ūs, m. [adigo], a forcing or bringing to or together. —Hence, poet., of the teeth, a biting, a bite:

    dentis adactus,

    Lucr. 5, 1330.

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