morsus ūs, m mordeo, a biting, bite: avium minorum morsūs: saxum Morsibus insequi, O.: Nec tu mensarum morsūs horresce, the eating, V.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem, their teeth, V.: zonam morsu tenere, by the teeth, Iu.: discludere morsūs Roboris, i. e. open the cleft trunk (which held the javelin), V.

—Fig., a bite, sting, pain, vexation: (carmina) morsu venerare, malicious attack, H.: perpetui curarum morsūs, gnawing pains, O.: doloris.