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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of vorō (“devour; eat greedily”).
Participle
vorātus (feminine vorāta, neuter vorātum); first/second-declension participle
- devoured, eaten greedily, having been devoured
- swallowed up, having been swallowed up
- (figuratively) destroyed, overwhelmed, having been destroyed
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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.