A.by biting with the teeth, ὀ. ἕλον οὖδας, of men in the agonies of death, Il.11.749, etc. ; so “ὀ. λαζοίατο γαῖαν” 2.418 ; “γαῖαν ὀ. ἑλόντες” E.Ph.1423 ; also ὀ. ἐν χείλεσι φύντες biting the lips in smothered rage, Od.1.381 : so in Com., “ἀποδάκνειν ὀ.” Cratin.164 ; “διατρώξομαι ὀ. τὸ δίκτυον” Ar.V.164 ; ὀ. ἔχεσθαι ib.943 ; “λαβέσθαι” Id.Pl.690:— if κυνὸς ἄγριον ὀδάξ be correct in Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L.6.79, ὀδάξ must be taken either as tooth or as bite.
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