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1 mordax
mordax, ācis, adj. [mordeo], biting, given to biting, snappish ( poet. and in postAug. prose).I.Lit.:B.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.—Transf., stinging, sharp, biting, pungent:II.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.—Trop., biting, disposed to bite.A.Of persons:B.Cynicus,
biting, snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18:lividus et mordax,
id. S. 1, 4, 93.—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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