I.no perf., rōsum, 3, v. a., to gnaw off or away, to consume.
I. Prop.: “vites (animalia),” Plin. 30, 15, 52, § 146; cf. frondes, Col. poet. 10, 323.—
II. Transf.
A. In gen., to eat away, corrode: “aes, ferrum (aqua),” Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28: “arbores sale,” id. 12, 9, 20, § 37.—
B. Esp. in medic. lang., of erosive remedies, Cels. 5, 28; Plin. 24, 11, 52, § 89; 34, 15, 46, § 176.
