vorator

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯oˈraː.tor/, [u̯ɔˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈra.tor/, [voˈräːt̪or]

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From vorō (“to devour”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix)

Noun

vorātor m (genitive vorātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) devourer (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vorātor	vorātōrēs
Genitive	vorātōris	vorātōrum
Dative	vorātōrī	vorātōribus
Accusative	vorātōrem	vorātōrēs
Ablative	vorātōre	vorātōribus
Vocative	vorātor	vorātōrēs

Derived terms

• vorātrīx

Related terms

• vorācitās
• vorāginōsus
• vorāgō
• vorātrīna
• vorātus
• vorāx

 

Descendants

• Italian: voratore

References

• “vorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vorator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) vorātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of vorō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of vorō