chew Copy link Outline 1. mando, di, mansum, 32. mandūco, 1 (less frequent) • chew: 1. mando, di, mansum, 3: the food is c.'d by the teeth, and by them is masticated and ground, dentibus manditur, atque ab his extenuatur et molitur cibus, Cic.: some animals swallow their food whole, others c., animalia alia vorant, alia m., Cic.: asses c. very slowly, asini lentissime m., Plin.: Virg. 2. mandūco, 1 (less frequent): Varr.: Sen. Phr.: to c. the cud, rūmĭno, 1: v. to ruminate.
CHEW Copy link • CHEWmandere: manducare. Chew the cud, ruminare or ruminari (transitive and intransitive): remandere (transitive and intransitive: post-Augustan). FIG., meditate, Vid.