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L / lurco
verb transitive

lurco

2nd PP lurcāre · conj. 1st
to eat voraciously, to devour •
v. dep. n. [perh. lura, to have a stomach of leather], to eat voraciously, to devour: lurcare est cum aviditate cibum sumere, Non. 10, 31: lardum, Pomp. ap. Non. 11, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 169 Rib.): ut lurcaretur lardum, Lucil. ib. 11, 2.
Perseus ID: n27237 Key: lurco1