vorat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →voro, vorare, voravi, voratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
swallow, devour;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →voveo, vovere, vovi, votus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
vow, dedicate, consecrate;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quam frugi bonae [adduntur noctes, interim ille hamum vorat], si semel amoris poculum accepit meri eaque intra pectus..." - T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...plurimam salutem dicit.' Cvrc. Meus hic est, hamum vorat. Lyc. 'Tecum oro et quaeso, qui has tabellas adferet..." Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pedes. O medicina gravis! LXXII Drauci Natta sui vorat pipinnam, collatus cui gallus est Priapus. LXXIII Venturum juras..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...astra itque reditque ratis lapsoque reciproca fluctu descendit. vorat hos vertex, hos agmine toto gurges agit, simul..."- P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fluctus ibidem torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex. Adparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto, arma virum..."