mordicitus

mordĭcĭtus, adv. [a lengthened form for 1. mordicus],

• with the teeth (ante- and post-class.): asini me mordicitus scindant, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57 (234) dub. (al. mordicibus, from obsol. mordex, a bite; al. mordicus; Non. 139, 30, has mordicibus, where mordicitus is the more correct reading): mordicitus appetens (al. mordicibus), Ap. Met. 3, 26, 6.