circumrodo
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circum-rōdo: di, 3, v. a.,
I to gnaw or nibble all round.
I Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.—
II Trop.: dudum enim circumrodo, quod devorandum est, i. e. I have long hesitated to speak out, * Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1: qui Dente Theonino cum circumroditur, i. e. is slandered, calumniated, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82.
