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1 voro
vŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. root gar-, to swallow; Gr. root bor- in bibrôskô, to devour; cf. also gramen], to swallow whole, swallow up, eat greedily, devour (cf. absorbeo).I.Lit.:II.animalium alia vorant, alia mandunt,
Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122; Plin. 10, 71, 91, § 196:vitulum (balaena),
Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 61:edim atque ambabus malis expletis vorem,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 73:mella avide (apes),
Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 67:Lucrina (ostrea),
Mart. 6, 11, 5: resinam ex melle Aegyptiam vorato, salvum feceris, swallow or gulp down, take, as medicine, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 31;so of medicine,
Mart. 1, 88, 2; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 24.—Prov.:meus hic est: hamum vorat,
swallows, takes, Plaut. Curc. 3, 61; id. Truc. 1, 1, 21; cf.: hamum voras, Ambros. Tob. n. 7.—Transf.1.Of things, to devour, swallow up, overwhelm, destroy, etc.:2.vorat haec (Charybdis) raptas revomitque carinas,
Ov. M. 13, 731:navem (rapidus vortex),
Verg. A. 1, 117; cf. poet.:agmina (vortex pugnae),
Sil. 4, 230:corpus (ulcus),
Cels. 5, 28, 3: viam, to finish or perform quickly, Cat. 35, 7:Thracia quinque vadis Istrum vorat Amphitrite,
takes in, swallows up, Claud. B. Get. 337.—Of property, to use up, consume, squander:III.idem in reliquis generis ejus (murrhinorum vasorum) quantum voraverit, licet existimare,
Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 19.—Trop., to devour, i. e. to acquire with eagerness, pursue passionately (rare but class.):B.litteras,
Cic. Att. 4, 11, 2. —In mal. part., Cat. 80, 6; Mart. 2, 51, 6; 7, 67, 15.—
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