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|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 /> <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 /> <b>A</b> Of persons: [[Cynicus]], [[biting]], snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18: [[lividus]] et [[mordax]], id. S. 1, 4, 93.—<br /> <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. | |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 /> <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 /> <b>A</b> Of persons: [[Cynicus]], [[biting]], snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18: [[lividus]] et [[mordax]], id. S. 1, 4, 93.—<br /> <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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|gf=<b>mordāx</b>,¹³ ācis ([[mordeo]]),<br /><b>1</b> habitué à mordre, mordant : Pl. Bacch. 1146 || 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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Revision as of 06:45, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mordax: ācis, adj. mordeo,
I biting, given to biting, snappish (poet. and in postAug. prose).
I 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.—
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.—
II Trop., biting, disposed to bite.
A Of persons: Cynicus, biting, snarling, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18: lividus et mordax, id. S. 1, 4, 93.—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mordāx,¹³ ācis (mordeo),
1 habitué à mordre, mordant : Pl. Bacch. 1146
