helluari
Dictionary entries
- Entry →helluor, helluari, helluatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spend immoderately (eating/luxuries); be a glutton/gormandize; squander;
pres. infin.
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uxor, si cesses, aut te amare cogitat aut helluari aut potare atque animo obsequi et tibi bene esse..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...sepulchrum", sic "ahenum", sic "vehemens", sic "incohare", sic "helluari", sic "halucinari", sic "honera", sic "honestum" dixerunt..."Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...magis tum in summo otio maximaque copia quasi helluari libris, si hoc verbo in tam clara re utendum..."