vorax

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.raːks/, [ˈu̯ɔräːks̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.raks/, [ˈvɔːräks]

Adjective[edit]

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

Voracious; gluttonous.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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[edit]

Catalan: voraç
→ English: voracious
>? Galician: buraz, voraz
Italian: vorace
Occitan: voraç
Portuguese: voraz
Spanish: voraz

References[edit]

“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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