verb transitive

prae-mordĕo

2nd PP prae-mordēre · 3rd PP praemorsi / praemordi · 4th PP praemorsum · conj. 2nd

to bite in front; to bite at the end;; to bite poetic

to bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7: linguam, Luc. 6, 567: projectos, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.—

to bite off; snip off; crib by extension •

Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib: et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet, Juv. 7, 217.

Perseus ID: n37772 Key: praemordeo