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  • 1 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

    Latin-English dictionary > mordicus

  • 2 Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet

    • A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. (Curtius Rufus)

    Latin Quotes (Latin to English) > Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet

  • 3 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

  • 4 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mordicus

  • 5 morsus

    1.
    morsus, a, um, Part., from mordeo.
    2.
    morsus, ūs, m. [mordeo], a biting, a bite.
    I.
    Lit.: contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum. Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    serpentis,

    id. Fat. 16, 36:

    morsu apprehendere,

    to bite, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84:

    morsibus insequi,

    Ov. M. 13, 568:

    morsu appetere,

    Tac. H. 4, 42:

    nec tu mensarum morsus horresce futuros,

    the eating, Verg. A. 3, 394:

    mucida frusta farinae... non admittentia morsum,

    Juv. 5, 69:

    vertere morsus Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi,

    their bites, their teeth, id. ib. 7, [p. 1167] 112; so,

    zonam morsu tenere,

    by the teeth, Juv. 14, 297.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A catching hold; and, concr., that which takes hold, a catch (of a buckle, etc.; poet.):

    quā fibulā morsus Loricae crebro laxata resolverat ictu,

    Sil. 7, 624:

    roboris,

    i. e. the cleft of the tree which held fast the javelin, Verg. A. 12, 782:

    patulis agitatos morsibus ignes spirent,

    Grat. Falisc. 270.—
    2.
    Sharpness of flavor, sharp taste, pungency:

    nec cibus ipse juvat morsu fraudatus aceti,

    Mart. 7, 25, 5:

    marinus,

    acrid quality, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191:

    et scabros nigrae morsu rubiginis enses,

    i. e. a corroding, consuming, Luc. 1, 243.—
    II.
    Trop., a bite, sting, pain, vexation, etc.:

    (carmina) odio obscuro morsuque venenare,

    a malicious attack, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

    perpetui curarum morsus,

    gnawings, pains, Ov. P. 1, 1, 73:

    doloris,

    a bite, sting, Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 15:

    libertatis intermissae,

    id. Off. 2, 7, 24:

    dubiā morsus famae depellere pugnā,

    Sil. 2, 271.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > morsus

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