terrĭfăgus — Lewis & Short
terrĭfăgus, a, um, adj.terra, fa/gw,
I eating dust (eccl. Lat.): serpens, Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 28.
The corpus record — Latin
terrĭfăgus
terrĭfăgus · adj
eating dust
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