mordebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mordeo, mordere, momordi, morsus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
bite; sting; hurt, pain; vex; criticize, carp at; eat, consume; bite/cut into;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...soluitur et, qua stagna subit radice quibusque arentem mordebat humum dimissa, superne iniecit sese trepido ripamque, nec ultra..."Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...carbaseique sinus, et fibula rasilis auro Taenariam fulua mordebat iaspide pallam, quam super a tergo uelox gorytos..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Oeclides nemorisque decus Tegeaea Lycaei: rasilis huic summam mordebat fibula vestem, crinis erat simplex, nodum conlectus in unum..."