rodo
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rōdo: si, sum, 3, v. a. cf. rado,
I to gnaw (class.).
I Lit.: rutabulum, Novat. ap. Fest. p. 262 Müll. (Com. Rel. p. 226 Rib.): clipeos, etc. (mures), Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: praetextam, Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 19: dente pollicem, Hor. Epod. 5, 48: vivos ungues, id. S. 1, 10, 71: vitem (caper), Ov. F. 1, 357: saxa capellae, id. M. 13, 691: reliquias (mures), Phaedr. 1, 22, 6: rosus tineis, Stat. S. 4, 9, 10. —
B Transf., to eat away, waste away, corrode, consume: ripas (flumina), Lucr. 5, 256: ferrum (robigo), Ov. P. 1, 1, 71: tophum (calx), Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166. —
II Trop., to backbite, slander, disparage, etc. (syn. vellico): in conviviis rodunt, Cic. Balb. 26, 57: absentem amicum, Hor. S. 1, 4, 81: libertino patre natum, id. ib. 1, 6, 46: cuncta robiginosis dentibus, Mart. 5, 28, 7; cf.: dentem dente, i. e. to speak ill of each other, id. 13, 2, 6: murmura secum et rabiosa silentia rodunt, i. e. to mutter to one's self, Pers. 3, 81.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rōdō,¹² rosī, rōsum, ĕre, tr.,
1 ronger : Cic. Div. 2, 59 ; Hor. Epo. 5, 48 ; S. 1, 10, 71 ; Ov. F. 1, 357
2 [en parl. de l’eau, de la rouille, etc.] ronger, miner, user : Lucr. 5, 256 ; Ov. P. 1, 1, 71 ; Plin. 36, 166
3 [fig.] a) déchirer qqn, le mettre en pièces, médire de lui : Cic. Balbo 57 ; Hor. S. 1, 4, 81 ; 1, 6, 46 ; Mart. 5, 28, 7 ; b) murmura secum Pers. 3, 81, murmurer en marmonnant entre ses dents.
