circum-rōdo, di, 3, v. a., 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.