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(verb) : mordĕo, mŏmordi (archaic memordi;
* V.in the foll.), morsum, 2, root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. σμερδνός, σμερδαλέος; (cf. Engl. smart), to bite, to bite into (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* To nip, bite, sting: matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,nips, attacks,Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit 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.
* To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.): hoc tene, hoc morde,Sen. Ep. 78, 29.
* To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).
* V.in the foll.), morsum, 2, root smard-; Sanscr. mard-, bite; Gr. σμερδνός, σμερδαλέος; (cf. Engl. smart), to bite, to bite into (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* To nip, bite, sting: matutina parum cautos jam frigora mordent,nips, attacks,Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit 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.
* To seize fast, hold firmly in the mind (cf. mordicus, II.): hoc tene, hoc morde,Sen. Ep. 78, 29.
* To squander, dissipate: de integro patrimonio meo centum milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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