mordicitus

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. . 2011.

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