circum-rōdo
di, 3, v. a.
I.
to gnaw or nibble all round.
I.
Prop.: escam, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 12.—
II.
Trop.: dudum enim circumrodo, quod devorandum est, i. e. I have long hesitated to speak out, * Cic. Att. 4, 5, 1: qui Dente Theonino cum circumroditur, i. e. is slandered, calumniated, * Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 82.