eat away Copy link Outline 1. rōdo, si, sum, 32. ĕdo, 33. pĕrĕdo, 3 (to eat quite away)4. mordeo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2 (poet.) • eat away: 1. rōdo, si, sum, 3: rivers e. away their banks, flumina ripas r., Lucr.: iron is eaten away by rust, ferrum robigine roditur, Ov. 2. ĕdo, 3: the choked fire e.s away the ships, lentus carinas est vapor, Virg. Esp. fig., of care, distress: if aught is e.ing away your heart, si quid est animum, Hor. 3. pĕrĕdo, 3 (to eat quite away): rocks eaten away by salt, sale saxa peresa, Lucr.: Tib.: v. to corrode. 4. mordeo, mŏmordi, morsum, 2 (poet.): (fields) which the Liris e.s away with its still stream, quae Liris quieta m. aqua, Hor.