Latin

Alternative forms

• ammordeō

Verb

admordeō ‎(present infinitive admordēre, perfect active admomordī, supine admorsum); second conjugation

1. I bite or gnaw at or into
2. I get possession of somebody's property, fleece

Inflection

• The third principal part, admomordī, also appears as admemordī or admordī.

Derived terms

• admorsus

Related terms

Descendants

• Old French: amordre
  • Middle French: amordre

References

• admordeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “admordeo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.