- mordicitus
- mordĭcĭtus, adv. [a lengthened form for 1. mordicus], with the teeth (ante- and post-class.):
asini me mordicitus scindant,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57 dub. (al. mordicibus, from obsol. mordex, a bite; al. mordicus; Non. 139, 30, has mordicibus, where mordicitus is the more correct reading):mordicitus appetens (al. mordicibus),
App. M. 3, p. 140, 23.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.