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
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...praeda haec meast: scortum quaerit, habet argentum. iam admordere hunc mihi lubet. SIM. Iamne illum comessurus..." - T
Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...demum lepidumst, triparcos homines, vetulos, avidos, aridos bene admordere, qui salinum servo obsignant cum sale. virtus, ubi occasio..."