nibble Copy link • nibble: rōdo, si, sum, 3: v. to gnaw. More precisely, arrōdo, 3 (to gnaw or n. at): Cic. Sext. 33, 72 (ar. rempublicam, fig.): Plin. To n. away, corrodo, 3. Cic. to n. all round, circumrodo, 3 to n. the bait all round, cir. escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5 § 12.
NIBBLE Copy link • NIBBLErodere. To nibble at, derodere (Cic.); arrodere (Plaut., Plin., once in Cic.): to nibble round, eircumrodere (Plin.); to nibble at the bait, hamum mordere.