ē-rōdo, no perf., rōsum, 3, v. a., to gnaw off or away, to consume.
I Prop.: vites (animalia), Plin. 30, 15, 52, § 146; cf. frondes, Col. poët. 10, 323.—
II Transf.
A In gen., to eat away , corrode : aes, ferrum (aqua), Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28: arbores sale, id. 12, 9, 20, § 37.—
B Esp. in medic. lang., of erosive remedies, Cels. 5, 28; Plin. 24, 11, 52, § 89; 34, 15, 46, § 176.