verb transitive

circum-rōdo

2nd PP circum-rōdere · 3rd PP circum-rodi · conj. 3rd

to gnaw; nibble all round

to gnaw or nibble all round.

Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.— •

Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.—

I have long hesitated to speak out; is slandered; calumniated figuratively

Trop.: dudum enim circumrodo, quod devorandum est, i. e. I have long hesitated to speak out, * Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1: qui Dente Theonino cum circumroditur, i. e. is slandered, calumniated, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82.

Perseus ID: n8276 Key: circumrodo