verb
ob-rōdo
Meaning
- to gnaw
ob-rōdo, ĕre,
I. v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo).
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.