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devoro
devoro
See also: devoró
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.wo.roː/, [ˈdeː.wɔ.roː]
Etymology
Verb
dēvorō (present infinitive dēvorāre, perfect active dēvoravī, supine dēvorātum); first conjugation
- I swallow, gulp down, or devour; I enjoy
- Gaius Valerus Catullus, Catullus III, lines 13 & 14
- at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae
Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis.- Yet let it be badly for you, evil shadows
of Orcus, who devour everything beautiful.
- Yet let it be badly for you, evil shadows
- at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae
- Gaius Valerus Catullus, Catullus III, lines 13 & 14
- I absorb
- I consume
Inflection
Descendants
- Catalan: devorar
- English: devour
- French: dévorer
- Italian: divorare
- Portuguese: devorar
- Spanish: devorar
References
- devoro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devoro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “devoro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.