lambero

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lambĕro, āre,

v. a., to tear to pieces (ante-class.): lamberat scindit ac laniat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.—Prov.: lepide, Charine, meo me ludo lamberas, you beat me at my own game, pay me in my own coin , Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 53.