circumrodo
From LSJ
τὸ ἐμόν γ' ἐμοὶ λέγεις ὄναρ → you are telling me what I know already, you are telling me my own dream
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circumrōdō,¹⁶ sī, sum, ĕre, tr., ronger autour : Plin. 35, 12 || [fig.] circumrodo quod devorandum est Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1, je grignote ce qu’il faudrait avaler [= je tergiverse] ; dente Theonino circumroditur Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82, il est déchiré par la dent maligne de Théon.
