I.with the teeth (ante- and post-class.): “asini me mordicitus scindant,” Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57 dub. (al. mordicibus, from obsol. mordex, a bite; al. mordicus; Non. 139, 30, has mordicibus, where mordicitus is the more correct reading): “mordicitus appetens (al. mordicibus),” App. M. 3, p. 140, 23.
mordĭcĭtus , adv. a lengthened form for 1. mordicus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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