devoro

See also: devoró

Catalan

Verb

devoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of devorar

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂

Proto-Italic *worā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin vorō

Latin dēvorō

From dē- + vorō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.wɔ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.vo.ro]

Verb

dēvorō (present infinitive dēvorāre, perfect active dēvorāvī, supine dēvorātum); first conjugation

1. to swallow, gulp down, or devour; enjoy
   • Gaius Valerius Catullus, Catullus III, lines 13 & 14

     at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae
     Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis.

     Yet let it be badly for you, evil shadows
     of Orcus, who devour everything beautiful.

2. to swallow down, repress, suppress, check, bear with patience
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.845–846:

     haec ubi rēx didicit, lacrimās intrōrsus obortās
     dēvorat et clausum pectore volnus habet.

     When the king learned these things, he swallows down the tears which had arisen within, and keeps the wound enclosed in his heart.
     (Romulus and Remus: In Ovid’s version of the death of Remus, Romulus represses his emotion when he learns Remus has been killed by Celer (builder).)

3. to absorb
4. to consume

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēvorō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēvorō		dēvorās		dēvorat		dēvorāmus		dēvorātis		dēvorant
	imperfect	dēvorābam		dēvorābās		dēvorābat		dēvorābāmus		dēvorābātis		dēvorābant
	future	dēvorābō		dēvorābis		dēvorābit		dēvorābimus		dēvorābitis		dēvorābunt
	perfect	dēvorāvī		dēvorāvistī		dēvorāvit		dēvorāvimus		dēvorāvistis		dēvorāvērunt, dēvorāvēre
	pluperfect	dēvorāveram		dēvorāverās		dēvorāverat		dēvorāverāmus		dēvorāverātis		dēvorāverant
	future perfect	dēvorāverō		dēvorāveris		dēvorāverit		dēvorāverimus		dēvorāveritis		dēvorāverint
passive	present	dēvoror		dēvorāris, dēvorāre		dēvorātur		dēvorāmur		dēvorāminī		dēvorantur
	imperfect	dēvorābar		dēvorābāris, dēvorābāre		dēvorābātur		dēvorābāmur		dēvorābāminī		dēvorābantur
	future	dēvorābor		dēvorāberis, dēvorābere		dēvorābitur		dēvorābimur		dēvorābiminī		dēvorābuntur
	perfect	dēvorātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēvorātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēvorātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēvorem		dēvorēs		dēvoret		dēvorēmus		dēvorētis		dēvorent
	imperfect	dēvorārem		dēvorārēs		dēvorāret		dēvorārēmus		dēvorārētis		dēvorārent
	perfect	dēvorāverim		dēvorāverīs		dēvorāverit		dēvorāverīmus		dēvorāverītis		dēvorāverint
	pluperfect	dēvorāvissem		dēvorāvissēs		dēvorāvisset		dēvorāvissēmus		dēvorāvissētis		dēvorāvissent
passive	present	dēvorer		dēvorēris, dēvorēre		dēvorētur		dēvorēmur		dēvorēminī		dēvorentur
	imperfect	dēvorārer		dēvorārēris, dēvorārēre		dēvorārētur		dēvorārēmur		dēvorārēminī		dēvorārentur
	perfect	dēvorātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēvorātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēvorā		—		—		dēvorāte		—
	future	—		dēvorātō		dēvorātō		—		dēvorātōte		dēvorantō
passive	present	—		dēvorāre		—		—		dēvorāminī		—
	future	—		dēvorātor		dēvorātor		—		—		dēvorantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēvorāre			dēvorārī			dēvorāns			—
future		dēvorātūrum esse			dēvorātum īrī			dēvorātūrus			dēvorandus
perfect		dēvorāvisse			dēvorātum esse			—			dēvorātus
future perfect		—			dēvorātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēvorātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēvorandī		dēvorandō		dēvorandum		dēvorandō		dēvorātum		dēvorātū

Descendants

• Catalan: devorar
• English: devour
• French: dévorer
• Galician: devorar
• Italian: divorare
• Piedmontese: divoré
• Portuguese: devorar
• Romanian: devora
• Spanish: devorar

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

devoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of devorar

Spanish

Verb

devoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of devorar