verb transitive

admordĕo

2nd PP ad-mordēre · 3rd PP ad-morsum · conj. 2nd

(perf. admemordi, Plaut. Aul. Fragm. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 6)

to bite at; gnaw; to bite into

, to bite at or gnaw, to bite into (cf. accīdo, to cut into).

admorso signata in stirpe cicatrix, Verg. G. 2, 379.—So of Cleopatra: bracchia… literal •

Lit.: admorso signata in stirpe cicatrix, Verg. G. 2, 379.—So of Cleopatra: bracchia admorsa colubris, Prop. 4, 10, 53.—

to bite; get possession of some of figuratively •

Fig., of a miser, to bite, i. e. get possession of some of one's property, to fleece him: lepidum est, triparcos, vetulos bene admordere, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14: jam admordere hunc mihi lubet, i. e. aggredi et ab eo aliquid corradere, id. Ps. 4, 7, 24.

Perseus ID: n921 Key: admordeo