voratus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of vorō (devour; eat greedily).

Participle

vorātus (feminine vorāta, neuter vorātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. devoured, eaten greedily, having been devoured
  2. swallowed up, having been swallowed up
  3. (figuratively) destroyed, overwhelmed, having been destroyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vorātus vorāta vorātum vorātī vorātae vorāta
genitive vorātī vorātae vorātī vorātōrum vorātārum vorātōrum
dative vorātō vorātae vorātō vorātīs
accusative vorātum vorātam vorātum vorātōs vorātās vorāta
ablative vorātō vorātā vorātō vorātīs
vocative vorāte vorāta vorātum vorātī vorātae vorāta

References

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