I.to gnaw or nibble at, to gnaw (cf.: aduro, accendo, accīdo, adedo al.).
I. Lit.: “spartum, quod asellus adrodit,” Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 137: “mures adrosis clipeis, etc.,” id. 8, 57, 82, § 221: “semina adrosa,” id. 11, 30, 36, § 109: “sues spirantes a muribus adrosas,” id. 11, 37, 85, § 213.—
II. Trop.: ut illa ex vepreculis extracta nitedula rem publicam conaretur adrodere, * Cic. Sest. 33, 72: “ecclesiasticas caulas,” Sid. Ep. 7, 6.