devorat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devoro, devorare, devoravi, devoratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
devour, consume; swallow, gulp down; engulf/ingulf, absorb, drink in;; use up; waste; swallow, endure, put up with; repress/suppress, check (emotion);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →devoveo, devovere, devovi, devotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
devote, consecrate; vow, promise solemnly; mark out, appoint; curse, execrate;; dedicate to infernal gods (general/army); destine, doom; bewitch, enchant;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...item esse reor, mare ut est: quod des devorat is umquam abundat. hoc saltem: servat nec ulli..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...carnis aperto ore captantem? quidquid excepit protinus integrum devorat et semper ad spem venturi hiat. Idem evenit nobis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cibo delusum guttur inani proque epulis tenues nequiquam devorat auras; ut vero est expulsa quies, furit ardor edendi..."
