vorax

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from vorō (“I devour”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vorāx (genitive vorācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Voracious; gluttonous.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative vorāx vorācēs vorācia
genitive vorācis vorācium
dative vorācī vorācibus
accusative vorācem vorāx vorācēs vorācia
ablative vorācī vorācibus
vocative vorāx vorācēs vorācia

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Descendants

References

  • “vorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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