mordicus

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Adverb

mordicus

  1. fiercely, persistently, intransigently

French

Adverb

mordicus

  1. tenaciously
  2. obstinately

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.di.kus/, [ˈmɔr.dɪ.kʊs]

Adjective

mordicus (feminine mordica, neuter mordicum); first/second declension

  1. biting

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mordicus mordica mordicum mordicī mordicae mordica
Genitive mordicī mordicae mordicī mordicōrum mordicārum mordicōrum
Dative mordicō mordicae mordicō mordicīs mordicīs mordicīs
Accusative mordicum mordicam mordicum mordicōs mordicās mordica
Ablative mordicō mordicā mordicō mordicīs mordicīs mordicīs
Vocative mordice mordica mordicum mordicī mordicae mordica

Descendants
  • Old Spanish: mórdago

Adverb

mordicus (not comparable)

  1. using the teeth
  2. tenaciously
    • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
      The Indians fought for the truth \ Of th' elephant and monkey's tooth; \ And many, to defend that faith, \ Fought it out mordicus to death.

References
  • mordicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mordicus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mordicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to hold fast in the teeth (also metaphorically, obstinately): mordicus tenere aliquid
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