admordeo
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /adˈmor.de.oː/, [äd̪ˈmɔrd̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈmor.de.o/, [äd̪ˈmɔrd̪eo]
Verb
admordeō (present infinitive admordēre, perfect active admomordī, supine admorsum); second conjugation
- to bite or gnaw at or into
- to get possession of somebody's property, fleece
Conjugation
- The third principal part, admomordī, also appears as admemordī or admordī.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “admordeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- admordeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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