The corpus record — Latin

obrodo

to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate

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Where it lives

Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

ob-rōdo — Lewis & Short

ob-rōdo, ĕre,

I v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo).

I Lit.: vermis te semper obrodit, Ambros. Tob. 7, § 26: ut quod obrodat sit, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 92.—

II Trop., to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate: haec sunt argumentationis ossa, quae obroditis, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 5 init.: sacrilego morsu pretiosum fidei velamen obrodunt, Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 1, 16, 164: frequenter obrodi a maledicis obtrectatoribus, id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8, 36.

In the wild

obrodat Plautus, Amphitruo 2.2

Where it came from

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