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XLIV

Mordeo mordentes, ultro non mordeo quemquam;
Sed sunt mordentum multi mordere parati:
Nemo timet morsum, dentes quia non habeo ullos.

Peck:

I bite the biters, no one else in sight;
To bite me, biting, most are ready, quite,
No teeth have I, so they fear not my bite.

Ohl:

I bite the biters, of my own accord I bite no one; but many are ready to bite me even though I bite. No one fears my bite, for teeth it has none.

Editor's Additional Notes:

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Ohl's Critical Notes on the Latin Text:

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