mordaciter

mordācĭter, adv., v. mordax fin.

mordāciter, Adv. (mordax), beißend, bissig, übtr., ait animus ille m., Macr. sat. 7, 3, 8: limā mordacius uti, schärfer, Ov. ex Pont. 1, 5, 19: eandem materiam mordacius scribere, Lact. 5, 2, 12: neque enim in nobis febris alias partes mordacius impellit, sed per omnia pari aequalitate discurrit, Sen. nat. qu. 6, 14, 3 (2).

mordaciter [CL] 1 so as to bite (partly fig.). 937 Fortuna ‥ filios valle in lacrimarum carnis rictibus debachando venenose ~iter dilacerat CS 716; rodo ‥ unde ‥ rosim, i. ~iter adverbium Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 502; salibus Socraticis sociorum, vel forte majorum, vitia tangunt; vel ~ius dente rodunt Theonino audacibus dithryambis W. Fitzst. Thom. prol. 9; sermo tuus dentes habeat, mordaciter illos / tange, sed irrisos gestus plus mordeat ore Vinsauf PN 434. 2 in a biting style, caustically, carpingly. 798 melius est amicum emendare quam reprehendere; sapienter se ostendere quam ~iter alterum notare Alcuin Ep. 149 p. 245; sed quo suppliciis animo mordacius instant, / prorsus eo minimum se profecisse stupebant Frith. 891; vanae loquacitatis eum [verbis indulgentem] ~iter redarguit Enc. Emmae prol.; ~iter loquens, truculenter aspiciens Ailr. Spec. Car. II 26. 575A; tamen quibusdam clericis honerosus quos suis professionibus videns abuti ~iter arguebat V. Edm. Rich C 604; quintodecimo Pirrus oblique et ~iter Agamenonem arguens querit Trevet Troades 26.

mordācĭtĕr (mordax), en mordant : Macr. Sat. 7, 3, 8 || -cius Sen. Nat. 6, 15, 3.

(mordāciter) adv.

• mordax, bitingly.—Only comp: limā mordacius uti, more sharply, O.