mordeō momordī, morsus, ēre MORD-, to bite, bite into: qui (canes) mordere possunt: (serpens) hastile momordit, bit into, O.: Mordeat ante aliquis quidquid, etc., taste, Iu.: humum ore momordit, bit the dust, V.

—To eat, devour, consume: ostrea, Iu.

—To bite into, take hold of, catch fast: laterum iuncturas fibula mordet, clasps, V.: mordebat fibula vestem, O.

—To cut into, wash away: rura quae Liris quietā Mordet aquā, H.

—To nip, bite, sting: matutina parum cautos iam frigora mordent, H.

—Fig., to bite, sting, pain, hurt: morderi dictis, O.: iocus mordens, a biting jest, Iu.: mordear opprobriis falsis, shall be vexed, H.: valde me momorderunt epistulae tuae: morderi conscientiā, feel the sting of conscience.