mandúco

mandúco, manducáre, manducávi, manducátum

verb, 1st conjugation

man-dú-co · /manˈdu.kɔ/

to eat, to chew

A colloquial word — to chew, not the polite édere; biblical Latin chose it, and the Romance languages kept it (French manger).

in the texts

Qui prídie manducáte

external dictionary: Logeion