κατατρίβω τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς ὄνομα → have the name of virtue always on one's tongue
mastĭco: 1,I v. a., to chew (post-class.): aliquid, Pelag. Vet. 30; App. Herb. 79: portulaca mastucata, Theod. Prisc. de Diaeta, 10.