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Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-mordĕo, morsi and mordi, morsum, 2
* To bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7: linguam,Luc. 6, 567: projectos,Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.
* Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib: et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet,Juv. 7, 217.
* To bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7: linguam,Luc. 6, 567: projectos,Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.
* Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib: et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet,Juv. 7, 217.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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