circumrodo
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English
circumrodo circumrodere, circumrosi, circumrosus V TRANS :: nibble/gnaw/talk all round, eat off outer part of; speak about; slander
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
circum-rōdo, rōsi, ere, ringsum benagen, escam, Plin. 32, 12. – übtr., dudum enim circumrodo, quod devorandum est, ich kaue schon lange an dem herum, was herauszusagen ich mich endlich überwinden muß, Cic. ad Att. 4, 5 in.: qui dente Theonino cum circumroditur, vom Zahn des Theon benagt (= von Theon geschmäht) wird, Hor. ep. 1, 18, 82.