admordeo

== Latin == === Alternative forms === ammordeō === Etymology === From ad- +‎ mordeō (“bite”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [adˈmɔr.de.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [adˈmɔr.de.o] === 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 ==== admorsus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Old French: amordre Middle French: amordre ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *admordium (see there for further 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.