voratrice

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Italian

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Late Latin vorātrīcem, accusative case of vorātrīx.
Equivalent to vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) +‎ -trice (“-ess”, feminine agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vo.raˈtri.t͡ʃe/, [vor̺äˈt̪r̺iːt͡ʃe]
  • 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

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) vorātrīce f

  1. ablative singular of vorātrīx
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