Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

rodere

Found Rodere with different capitalization.

Rodere present passive imperative 2nd singular, present active infinitive, present passive indicative 2nd singular, future passive indicative 2nd singular of rodo

See Rodere in Morpho

rodere [CL] 1 to gnaw, nibble, eat away at: a (of animal); b (of human being); c (fig. of worm, w. ref. to sin or guilty conscience); d (transf. of passion or sin); e (of death). a ut caper hirsutus rodit cum dente racemos Aldh. VirgV 400; Prometheus in Caucaso monte distentus jecur ab aquila ~itur Natura Deorum 5; ejus [juvenis] intestina ~ere dentibus et lacerare non cessavit [sc. coluber] Gir. TH I 31 p. 65; 1314 sic impotentes reddebantur quod se juvare non poterant quin a ratonibus ~erentur Rec. Eng. Dom. 109; pullum rostro corvus rosit, occidit, et exenteravit Strecche Hen. V 148.  b durum panem comedit qui calculum ~it [cf. Prov. xx 17] T. Chobham Serm. 17 f. 64va; ipse rodit [ME: fret] se ipsum, heu! sicut lima facit AncrR 62.  c suscitare animos qui dormientes in delitiarum sepulcris vermibus ~untur Ep. ad amicum 26; vermis ‥ est acedia cor hominis latenter quasi linea ~endo corrumpens P. Blois Serm. 9. 588A; hominem miserum ultrix insatiata [sc. conscientia] ~ebam Ib. 65. 765D; c1211 quos ‥ ~ere non cessat in terris consciencie proprie vermis Gir. Ep. 6 p. 238.  d dolor ‥ terit omnes ‥ quos ira ~it et discordia stimulat Ord. Vit. XII 21 p. 381; testimonio Salomonis desideria ~unt pigrum P. Blois Ep. 9. 25B.  e funera / antequam rictu rabido / raptent et rodant avido / ore halitum (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 3. 12. 2 to carp at, criticize, malign (usu. person or writing); b (as result of envy); c (absol.). desine jam nos / rodere verbis Responsio 73; 1073 si quis cujuslibet fratris vitam Theodino dente ~ere delectatur Lanfr. Ep. 47 (19); scripta mea nequaquam ~erent, sicut nec ego illorum scripta redarguo J. Sal. Met. 823C; a1213 sicut nunc undique mordaci dente ~untur et laniantur [scripta], sic dignis tunc demum laudibus et preconiis extollentur Gir. Ep. 3 p. 174.  b 800 nisi ‥ ab invidorum linguis ‥ litterulas ‥ protegendas sperarem. quia quorundam solertia laborat magis aliorum in occulto ~ere dicta, quam sua in publico proferre Alcuin Ep. 202; invida ne valeat me carpere lingua nocendo / ‥ vel quicumque velit mea rodere viscera morsu Id. Carm. 4. 43; qui salutiferis actibus ejus invidebant ‥ Dunstanum ‥ morsibus dirorum dentium ut hirci ‥ ~ere vel praecidere conati sunt B. V. Dunst. 6; 1441 invidia semper estuantes, proximos ~unt et de aliena jactura lucra sua sperant Bekynton I 230.  c rodit linguam que prius ~ebat T. Chobham Praed. 40; 1246 audivimus ‥ regem ‥ et proceres, nec populum ‥ ~ere, ac ‥ murmurare, quod ‥ ipsi et regnum atque populus ‥ jugo oppressionis intolerabilis existunt pregravati Conc. I 694a.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list