dē-rōsus, a, um, Part. [derodo, not in use],
gnawed away, nibbled : clipeos a muribus, * Cic. Div. 1, 44, 99: vitis a cochleis, Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 164: ficus a locustis, id. 17, 25, 38, § 241.
dē-rōsus P., gnawed away, nibbled: clipei a muribus. ...
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