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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin vorātrīcem. By surface analysis, vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) + -trice (“-ess”, feminine agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.raˈtri.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧trì‧ce
Noun
voratrice f (plural voratrici)
- (obsolete, literary) female equivalent of voratore
1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 206:Quale il marito di Giunon lampeggia, ¶ quando prepara una gran piova o grandine, ¶ o folta neve ad inalbare i campi ¶ o fracasso di guerra voratrice- Like Juno's husband thunders ¶ when preparing great rain or hail ¶ or thick snow to whiten the fields ¶ or din of devastating war
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Latin
Noun
vorātrīce f
- ablative singular of vorātrīx