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|lshtext=<b>mordĕo</b>: mŏmordi (archaic memordi;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. in the foll.), [[morsum]], 2, v. a. [[root]] smard-; Sanscr. mard-, [[bite]]; Gr. [[σμερδνός]], [[σμερδαλέος]]; (cf. Engl. [[smart]]), to [[bite]], to [[bite]] [[into]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: si me [[canis]] memorderit, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 3 (Sat. v. 36 Vahl.): [[canes]] mordere possunt, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57: mordens [[pulex]], [[biting]], Mart. 14, 83: ([[serpens]]) fixum [[hastile]] momordit, [[bit]] [[into]], Ov. M. 3, 68: mordeat [[ante]] [[aliquis]] [[quidquid]], etc., [[taste]], Juv. 6, 632: terram, to [[bite]] the [[ground]], [[bite]] the [[dust]], of expiring warriors writhing on the [[ground]]: procubuit moriens et humum [[semel]] [[ore]] momordit, Verg. A. 11, 418; Ov. M. 9, 61.—Part. as subst.: morsi a rabioso [[cane]], Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 100: laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis, Cat. 64, 316.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic., to [[eat]], [[devour]], [[consume]] ([[poet]].): tunicatum cum [[sale]] mordens Caepe, Pers. 4, 30: [[ostrea]], Juv. 6, 305: [[sordes]] farris mordere canini, id. 5, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[bite]] [[into]], [[take]] [[fast]] [[hold]] of, [[catch]] [[fast]]; to [[press]] or [[cut]] [[into]] ([[poet]].): laterum juncturas [[fibula]] mordet, takes [[hold]] of, clasps, Verg. A. 12, 274: mordebat [[fibula]] vestem, Ov. M. 8, 318: id [[quod]] a [[lino]] mordetur, [[where]] the [[thread]] presses in, Cels. 7, 4, 4: [[locus]] (corporis), qui mucronem (teli) momordit, id. 7, 5, 4: [[arbor]] mordet humum, takes [[hold]] of the [[ground]], is [[rooted]] in the [[ground]], Stat. Th. 9, 499.—Hence, [[poet]]., of a [[river]]: non rura quae [[Liris]] quieta Mordet [[aqua]], cuts or penetrates [[into]], Hor. C. 1, 31, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[nip]], [[bite]], [[sting]]: matutina [[parum]] cautos jam frigora mordent, nips, attacks, Hor. S. 2, 6, 45: oleamque momorderit [[aestus]], id. Ep. 1, 8, 5: mordeat et tenerum fortior [[aura]] [[nemus]], Mart. 8, 14, 2: [[radix]] gustu acri mordet, bites, hurts, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133: linguam, id. 29, 2, 9, § 34: oculos, id. 21, 6, 17, § 32: [[urtica]] foliis non mordentibus, [[stinging]], [[burning]], id. 22, 14, 16, § 37.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[bite]], [[sting]], [[pain]], [[hurt]] (syn.: [[pungo]], [[stimulo]], [[remordeo]]; [[class]].): invidere omnes mihi, Mordere [[clanculum]], [[bit]], stung, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 21: morderi dictis, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 25: jocus mordens, a [[biting]] [[jest]], Juv. 9, 10: mordear opprobriis falsis, shall I be stung, vexed, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 38: [[par]] pari referto, [[quod]] eam mordeat, to [[vex]], [[mortify]], Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55: [[valde]] me momorderunt epistolae tuae, Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1: scribis, morderi te [[interdum]], [[quod]] non [[simul]] sis, [[that]] it grieves [[you]], affects [[you]], id. ib. 6, 2, 8: dolore [[occulto]] morderi, to be attacked, tormented, Ov. M. 2, 806: nec qui detrectat [[praesentia]], Livor [[iniquo]] Ullum de nostris dente momordit [[opus]], detracted, id. Tr. 4, 10, 124; cf. id. P. 4, 14, 46: morderi conscientiā, to [[feel]] the [[sting]] of [[conscience]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45: hunc mordebit objurgatio, Quint. 1, 3, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[seize]] [[fast]], [[hold]] [[firmly]] in the [[mind]] (cf. [[mordicus]], II.): hoc tene, hoc morde, Sen. Ep. 78, 29. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[squander]], [[dissipate]]: de [[integro]] patrimonio meo [[centum]] milia nummūm memordi, Laber. ap. Gell. 6, 9, 3 (Com. Rel. v. 50 Rib.).
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|gf=<b>mordĕō</b>,¹¹ mŏmordī, [[morsum]], ēre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> mordre : [[canes]], qui mordere possunt Cic. Amer. 67, des chiens, qui peuvent mordre ; humum Virg. En. 11, 418, mordre la poussière [en mourant] ; morsi a rabioso cane Plin. 29, 100, mordus par un chien enragé<br /><b>2</b> mordre dans : pabula Ov. M. 13, 943, mordre dans de l’herbe ; [[ostrea]] Juv. 6, 302, mordre dans des huîtres<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] [[fibula]] mordet vestem Ov. M. 8, 318, l’agrafe mord le vêtement, cf. Virg. En. 12, 274 ; [[locus]] corporis qui mucronem momordit Cels. Med. 7, 5, 4, la partie du corps où la pointe s’[[est]] engagée || rura, quæ [[Liris]] quieta mordet [[aqua]] Hor. O. 1, 31, 7, les champs que le [[Liris]] ronge de ses eaux paisibles || [[parum]] cautos [[jam]] frigora mordent Hor. S. 2, 6, 45, déjà le froid mord, pince les [[gens]] qui ne se protègent pas suffisamment ; [[radix]] mordet Plin. 27, 133, le radis pique<br /><b>4</b> [mét.] mordre en paroles, déchirer à belles dents : Ter. Eun. 411 || piquer, chagriner, tourmenter : Ter. Eun. 445 ; Ad. 807 ; [[valde]] me momorderunt epistolæ tuæ de [[Attica]] nostra Cic. Att. 13, 12, 1, tes lettres m’ont donné de fortes inquiétudes sur notre chère [[Attica]] ; morderi [[conscientia]] Cic. Tusc. 4, 45, avoir des remords de conscience, être bourrelé par sa conscience. arch. [[memordi]] cité par Gell. 7, 9, 11.
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