mordex

mordex, ĭcis, adj. [mordeo],

• biting, gnawing: asini mordices, v. l., Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 57 (324) (better mordicus).—As subst.: Mor-dex, ĭcis, m., the biter, i.e. tooth, v. l. ap. Ap. Met. 3, 26, 6 (better mordicus, q. v.).