I.perf., sum, 3, v. a.
I. To gnaw in front, to gnaw at the end or tip (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “digitos suos,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 93: “teneros pampinos,” Col. Arbor. 15.—
II. To gnaw, bite, or nibble off: “praeroso hamo,” Hor. S. 2, 5, 25: “praerosa dentibus lingua,” Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87: “conger et muraena caudas inter se praerodentes,” id. 9, 62, 88, § 185.