obrodo

ob-rōdo, ĕre, v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo).

I.

Lit.:

vermis te semper obrodit,

Ambros. Tob. 7, § 26:

ut quod obrodat sit,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 92.—

II.

Trop., to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate:

haec sunt argumentationis ossa, quae obroditis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 5 init.:

sacrilego morsu pretiosum fidei velamen obrodunt,

Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 1, 16, 164:

frequenter obrodi a maledicis obtrectatoribus,

id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8, 36.