devorator
Dictionary entries
- Entry →devorator, devoratoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Later
devourer; glutton; one who eats greedily/voraciously; who gobbles/swallows up;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...opsecro vostram fidem, quam orationem hanc aures dulcem devorant. creta est profecto horum hominum oratio, ut mi apsterserunt..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...LEON. Auscultate atque operam date et mea dicta devorate. primum omnium servos tuos nos esse non negamus..." - G
Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...Noli coram pluribushoc facere canibus, ne nos vivos devorent,cum scierint esse tale culpae praemium'. Successus improborum plures..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...fruaris reliquiis,quas sunt rosuri, simul et ipsos devores,noli imputare vanum beneficium mihi'.Atque ita locutus improbam..."
