ambadedo
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
amb-ăd-ĕdo: ĕre, v. a.,
I to eat or gnaw around, to eat up entirely: uxoris dotem ambadedisse, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 15 and 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ambădĕdō, ĕre (amb, adedo), tr., ronger autour, manger : *Pl. Merc. 239, 241.
Latin > German (Georges)
amb-adedo, ēdī, ere, um u. um anessen = völlig aufzehren, *Plaut. merc. 239 u. 241 (aber nur Konjunktur, wogegen G. Götz u.A. Spengel das handschr. ambedisse u. ambederit aufrecht erhalten haben wollen).
Latin > English
ambadedo ambadedere, ambadedi, ambadesus V TRANS :: eat/gnaw around; eat up entirely
ambadedo ambadedo ambadesse, -, - V TRANS :: eat/gnaw around; eat up entirely
