adjective

vŏrax

gen. vŏrācis

swallowing greedily; devouring

swallowing greedily, devouring, ravenous, voracious (class.).

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Lit.: quae Charybdis tam vorax? Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67: venter, Ov. M. 15, 94.—

devouring; destroying; consuming figuratively ••

Trop., devouring, destroying, consuming, destructive, ruinous: pontus, Luc. 2, 664: flamma, Sil. 4, 687: impensae, Val. Max. 7, 1 fin.: usura, Luc. 1, 181.—Comp.: ignis, Ov. M. 8, 839.—In mal. part.: culus, lecherous, lustful, Cat. 33, 4.—Adv.: vŏrācĭter, greedily, voraciously, Macr. S. 6, 5 med.

Perseus ID: n51391 Key: vorax