admorderant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →admordeo, admordere, admordi, admorsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bite at/into, gnaw; extract money from; fleece; get possession of their property
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...praeda haec meast: scortum quaerit, habet argentum. iam admordere hunc mihi lubet. SIM. Iamne illum comessurus..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...demum lepidumst, triparcos homines, vetulos, avidos, aridos bene admordere, qui salinum servo obsignant cum sale. virtus, ubi occasio..."