English → Latin
“bite” in Latin
mordeōto bite (into); nibble, gnaw; to nip, sting; to eat, consume, devour, erodepungōto prick; to puncture; to stingdēmordeōto bite offpraemordeōto bite in front or at the end of something
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bite
mordere (of the teeth, of cold, of bitter words, of the taste): pungere (of the taste, mind): into something, dente mordere, morsu arripere aliquid. Dogs bite, canes mordent. To bite the dust (of a dying man), mordere humum. To bite off, mordicus auferre; demordere; praemordere (bite off the fore part).
bite s.
morsus. To kill by a bite, morsu necare, mordicus interficere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bite?
- The usual Latin words for “bite” are mordeō, pungō, dēmordeō; also praemordeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.