Meaning of mordicus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. using the teeth
   not-comparable
2. tenaciously
   figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

“Meretrix tantisper blanditur, dum illud quod rapiat videt;”

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“pullam dēvellere mordicus agnam”

tear a black ewe-lamb to pieces with the teeth

“rem tenēre mordicus”

to hold fast to something

“Ita cum ea volunt retinere, quae superiori sententiae conveniunt, in Aristonem incidunt; cum id fugiunt, re eadem defendunt, quae Peripatetici, verba tenent mordicus.”

So, when they want to keep those things that fit with the previous statement, they agree with Aristo; when they avoid that, they defend themselves the same way as the Peripatetics, they maintain their words tenaciously.

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