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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=mordax (gen.), mordacis ADJ :: [[biting]], [[snappish]]; [[tart]]; [[cutting]], [[sharp]]; [[caustic]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mordax</b>: ācis, adj. [[mordeo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[biting]], given to [[biting]], snappish ([[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[canis]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 27: [[equus]], [[Labeo]] ap. Gell. 4, 2: [[asinus]], App. M. 8, p. 213 init.: [[Memmius]], Auct. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240.—Poet.: [[fibula]], Sid. Carm. 5, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[stinging]], [[sharp]], [[biting]], [[pungent]]: [[urtica]], [[stinging]], Ov. A. A. 2, 417: [[arista]] mordacior hordeo, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 61: mordacissima [[marga]], id. 17, 8, 4, § 45: mordaci icta ferro Pinus, [[biting]], deepcutting, Hor. C. 4, 6, 9: [[pumex]], Ov. A. A. 1, 506: [[pulvis]], corrosive, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 123: fel, [[biting]], [[sharp]], Ov. P. 3, 3, 106: [[acetum]], [[sharp]], [[pungent]], Pers. 5, 86: [[sucus]], Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[biting]], disposed to [[bite]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: [[Cynicus]], [[biting]], snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18: [[lividus]] et [[mordax]], id. S. 1, 4, 93.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things: [[carmen]], Ov. Tr. 2, 563: [[invidia]], Phaedr. 5 prol. 8: [[verum]], Pers. 1, 107: sollicitudines, [[biting]], carking, Hor. C. 1, 18, 4: [[belle]] [[interim]] subicitur pro eo, [[quod]] neges, aliud mordacius, a [[more]] [[stinging]] [[assertion]], Quint. 6, 3, 74.—Hence, adv.: mordācĭter, bitingly ([[poet]]. and postclass. [[prose]]), Macr. S. 7, 3, 8.—Comp.: [[neque]] [[enim]] in nobis [[febris]] [[alias]] partes mordacius impellit, sed per omnia pari aequalitate discurrit, Sen. Q. N. 6, 15, 3: limā mordacius uti, [[more]] [[sharply]], Ov. P. 1, 5, 19: scribere, Lact. 5, 2, 12.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mordāx</b>,¹³ ācis ([[mordeo]]),<br /><b>1</b> habitué à mordre, mordant : Pl. Bacch. 1146 &#124;&#124; pointu, tranchant, mordant, piquant : Hor. O. 4, 6, 9 ; Ov. Ars 2, 417 ; Plin. 18, 61<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] mordant, caustique, satirique : Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18 ; Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 563 &#124;&#124; mordaces sollicitudines Hor. O. 1, 18, 4, inquiétudes qui rongent &#124;&#124; -cior Plin. 18, 61 ; -issimus Plin. 17, 45.||pointu, tranchant, mordant, piquant : Hor. O. 4, 6, 9 ; Ov. Ars 2, 417 ; Plin. 18, 61<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] mordant, caustique, satirique : Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18 ; Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 563||mordaces sollicitudines Hor. O. 1, 18, 4, inquiétudes qui rongent||-cior Plin. 18, 61 ; -issimus Plin. 17, 45.
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{{Georges
|georg=mordāx, ācis, Abl. ācī ([[mordeo]]), gern beißend, [[bissig]], I) im engern Sinne: A) eig.: [[canis]], Plaut.: [[equus]], [[Labeo]]: [[Memmius]], Auct. b. Cic. – B) bildl.: a) beißend, [[bissig]] [[mit]] Worten, [[carmen]], Ov.: [[Cynicus]], Hor.: mordaciorem [[qui]] [[improbo]] dente appetit, Phaedr. 4, 8, 1: mordacissimus [[homo]], Sen. contr. 7. praef. § 8: mordacissimae [[litterae]] (Ggstz. pacificae), [[Hieron]]. epist. 82, 4. – b) nagend, zehrend, sollicitudines, Hor. carm. 1, 18, 4: curae mordacissimae, Augustin. conf. 7, 5 extr. – II) im weiteren Sinne, I) beißend, zusammenbeißend, [[fibula]], [[Sidon]]. carm. 5, 18. – 2) stechend, [[urtica]], Ov.: [[arista]] mordacior hordeo, Plin.: mordacissima [[marga]], Plin. – 3) [[scharf]], a) = einschneidend, einhauend, [[ferrum]] ([[Beil]]), Hor. carm. 4, 6, 9. – b) = wegbeißend, beizend, ätzend, [[pulvis]], Plin.: [[pumex]], Ov. – c) dem Geschmacke [[nach]] beißend, [[scharf]], [[acetum]], Pers.: [[fel]], Ov.: [[sucus]], Plin.
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