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
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..."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..."