voracitas

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Latin

Etymology

From the oblique stem vorāc- of vorāx +‎ -tās (“-ity”, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

vorācitās f (genitive vorācitātis); third declension

  1. greediness, ravenousness, voracity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vorācitās vorācitātēs
genitive vorācitātis vorācitātum
dative vorācitātī vorācitātibus
accusative vorācitātem vorācitātēs
ablative vorācitāte vorācitātibus
vocative vorācitās vorācitātēs

Descendants

References

  • “voracitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • voracitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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