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mordācĭtas, ātis, f. mordax, the power of biting or stinging, mordacity (post-Aug.): urticarum foliis inest aculeata mordacitas, Plin. 21, 15, 54, § 91: vinosa, sharp, like sour wine, id. 21, 18, 72, § 120.— Transf., snappishness, biting severity in language, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 12.

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Headword:

mordācĭtas

Headword (normalized):

mordācĭtas

Headword (normalized/stripped):

mordacitas

IDX:

29700

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n29677

Key:

mordacitas

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