edaci
Dictionary entries
- Entry →edax, edacis (gen.), edacior -or -us, edacissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
greedy, rapacious, voracious, gluttonous; devouring, consuming, destructive;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
- M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...felicissime cesserit, rogum meum videam et edacis circa corpus filii mei flammas; si hoc non contigerit, nigrum cadaver..." 
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...altera surgit quam cervos ubi non Umbro venator edaci, non penna petit, haerentes sed cornibus altis invenit..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...longum viribus aevum, naturaeque suum nutrimen deerit edaci, non feret illa famem desertaque deseret ignis. 'Esse viros fama..."