The corpus record — Latin

manduco

to chew, masticate; to eat by chewing

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Where it lives

De ieiunio adversus psychicos 11 · 18.61/10k
De Monogamia 4 · 5.73/10k
Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 2 · 3.43/10k
De Re Coquinaria 5 · 3.19/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 12 · 2.74/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 3 · 2.67/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 2 · 0.88/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. mandūco — Lewis & Short

mandūco, āvi, ātum (in the

I dep. form, mandūcor, ari, Lucil., Afran., and Pompon. ap. Non. 477, 8 sq. (Pomp. Com. Rel. v. 100 Rib.; Afran. ib. v. 184); cf. Prisc. 799 P.), 1, v. a. a lengthened form of 2 mando.

I Lit., to chew, masticate; to eat by chewing (ante-class. and post-Aug.): manducato candido pane, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9; Sen. Ep. 95, 27.—

II Transf., to eat, devour: bucceas, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76: crudum manduces Priamum Priamique pisinnos, Labeo in Schol. Pers. 1, 4.

2. mandūco — Lewis & Short

mandūco, ōnis, m.1. manduco,

I a glutton, gormandizer (post-class.), Pompon. ap. Non. 17, 15 (Com. Rel. v. 112 Rib.); App. M. 6, p. 186, 41.

In the wild

manducandum Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 10.5
manducat Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 15
manducaturus Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 3.90
manducandi Tertullian, De Pudicitia 14
manducetis Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.31
manducantur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.5.p1

6 of 72 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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