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1 devoro
dē-vŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to swallow, swallow down, gulp down, devour (class.; esp. freq. in transf. signif.—for syn. cf.: edo, comedo, vescor, pascor, mando).I.Lit., of the physical act:II.id quod devoratur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135:ovum gallinaceum integrum,
Cato R. R. 71: laseris paululum, [p. 567] Cels. 4, 4, 4:salivam suam,
id. 2, 6, 98;lapides,
Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29:succum,
id. 20, 23, 98, § 260:fumum,
id. 26, 6, 16, § 30 et saep.—Transf.A.Of inanimate subjects, to swallow up, ingulf, absorb:B.devorer telluris hiatu,
Ov. H. 3, 63:terra devoravit montem,
Plin. 2, 91, 93, § 205:vel me Charybdis devoret,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 74:terras devorant aquae,
Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2:sol aquas devorans,
id. 20 prooem. §1: ne rotae devorarentur (viarum mollitudine),
Vitr. 10, 6.—To seize upon greedily or hastily, to swallow eagerly, to devour: meretricem ego item esse reor, mare ut est;C.quod des, devorat,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 16:spe et opinione praedam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51; cf.:spe devoratum lucrum,
id. Fl. 24; and:regis hereditatem spe,
id. Att. 1, 16, 10:aliquid oculis,
Just. 21, 5, 6; cf.:spectat oculis devorantibus draucos,
Mart. 1, 97; cf. infra III. B.—To swallow down, repress, suppress, check: verborum pars devorari solet, to be swallowed, i. e. only half pronounced, Quint. 11, 3, 33; so, verba, Sen. de Ira, 3, 14 fin.; cf.D.lacrimas,
i. e. to repress, Ov. F. 4, 845; id. M. 13, 540:gemitus,
Sen. Ep. 66 med. —Of property, to consume, to waste, = exhaurire:2.omnem pecuniam publicam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76; id. Phil. 13, 2, 3; id. Pis. 21.—And with a pers. object: Si. Jamne illum comesurus es? Ba. Dum recens est, Dum datur, dum calet, devorari decet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 26; id. As. 2, 2, 71; cf.: ut hominem devorari, cujus patrimonium consumitur, Quint. 8, 6, 25.—Trop., to consume, destroy:III.devorent vos arma vestra,
Just. 14, 4, 14; cf.:aquilarum pinnae reliquarum alitum pinnas devorant,
Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15:vox devoratur,
i. e. is swallowed up, lost, id. 11, 51, 112, § 270: devoravi nomen imprudens, swallowed, i. e. I have lost, utterly forgotten, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 63: devorato pudore, Ap. M. 9, p. 225.—Trop.A.To swallow any thing unpleasant, i. e to bear patiently, to endure:B.hominum ineptias ac stultitias,
Cic. Brut. 67, 236; so,molestiam paucorum dierum,
id. Phil. 6, 6, 17:taedium illud,
Quint. 11, 2, 41: bilem et dolorem, Tert. Res. carn. 54.—To accept eagerly, enjoy:C.quid tibi faciam qui illos libros devorasti,
Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2:os impiorum devorat iniquitatem,
Vulg. Prov. 19, 28:auscultate et mea dicta devorate,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 59; cf.:orationem dulcem (aures),
id. Poen. 5, 2, 9:verbum ipsum (voluptatis),
id. Sest. 10, 23.—ejus oratio, nimia religione attenuata, a multitudine et a foro devorabatur, qs. swallowed but not digested (i. e. heard without being understood), Cic. Brut. 82, 283.
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