voratrice

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)

1. (obsolete, literary) female equivalent of voratore
   • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎^[1], 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

Anagrams

• ritorceva, vorticare

Latin

Noun

vorātrīce f

1. ablative singular of vorātrīx