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a beast of prey

  • 1 bēstia

        bēstia ae, f    a beast, animal: fera bestia, N.: tametsi bestiae sunt (canes): bestiae volucres, birds: mutae, L.: ad bestias mittere alqm, to fight with (in the public spectacles): mala, the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Ct.
    * * *
    beast, animal, creature; wild beast/animal, beast of prey in arena

    Latin-English dictionary > bēstia

  • 2 praedatrix

    praedātrix, īcis, f. [praedator], she that plunders, pillages, robs ( poet. and in post-class. prose): Herculei praedatrix cedat alumni, i. e. the nymph Dryope, who stole away Hylas, Stat. S. 1, 5, 22.— Adj.:

    bestia,

    a beast of prey, Amm. 26, 6, 10:

    fera,

    id. 14, 2, 1; 14, 10, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praedatrix

  • 3 rapax

    răpax, ācis, adj. [rapio], grasping, greedy of plunder, rapacious.
    I.
    Lit. (class.;

    syn. furax): vos rapaces, vos praedones,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 26; id. Pers. 3, 3, 6:

    olim furunculus, nunc vero etiam rapax,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 66; so with fur, id. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4:

    inopiā rapax,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    procuratorum rapacissimum quemque,

    id. Vesp. 16; cf. Tac. H. 1, 20:

    Cinara,

    i. e. eager for presents, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 33; so Tib. 1, 5, 59; 2, 4, 25:

    cervi, luporum praeda rapacium,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 50; id. Epod. 16, 20; cf.

    Harpyiae,

    id. S. 2, 2, 40.— As subst.: răpax, ācis, comm., a beast of prey, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
    2.
    Of things, rapacious, ravenous (mostly poet.):

    falces rapaces,

    Lucr. 3, 650:

    ventus,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 388:

    ignis,

    id. M. 8, 837:

    mors,

    Tib. 1, 3, 65; cf.

    Orcus,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 30:

    fortuna,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 14:

    dentes,

    fangs, tusks, Veg. 6, 1, 1.—With gen.:

    chryselectrum rapacissimum ignium,

    very ignitible, Plin. 37, 3, 12, § 51.—As a poet. epithet of floods:

    amnes,

    Lucr. 5, 341:

    fluvii,

    id. 1, 17:

    unda, Cic. poët. N. D. 3, 10, 24: undae,

    Ov. M. 8, 550:

    Danubius,

    id. ad Liv. 397.— Hence, transf., an appellation of the twenty-first legion and the soldiers composing it (qs. that sweeps every thing before it), Tac. H. 2, 43; 100; 3, 14; 18; 22.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare), with gen., grasping, seizing eagerly or quickly, greedy, avaricious:

    nihil est rapacius quam natura,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50:

    rapacia virtutis ingenia,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 36:

    nostri omnium utilitatum et virtutum rapacissimi,

    Plin. 25, 2, 2, § 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rapax

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  • Beast of prey — Prey Prey, n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Depredate}, {Predatory}.] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beast of prey — n. any animal that kills other animals for food …   English World dictionary

  • beast of prey — a carnivorous animal * * * a predatory mammal. * * * beast of prey noun One that devours other animals, esp higher animals, applied usu to the Carnivora • • • Main Entry: ↑beast beast of prey and bird of prey see under ↑beast and ↑bird… …   Useful english dictionary

  • beast of prey — a predatory mammal. * * * …   Universalium

  • beast of prey — noun A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates …   Wiktionary

  • beast of prey — animal which hunts other animals for food …   English contemporary dictionary

  • beast of prey — noun an animal, especially a mammal, that kills and eats other animals …   English new terms dictionary

  • Prey — Prey, n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Depredate}, {Predatory}.] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beast — n. 1 an animal other than a human being, esp. a wild quadruped. 2 a a brutal person. b colloq. an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing (he s a beast for not inviting her; a beast of a problem). 3 (prec. by the) a human being s brutish or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • prey — prey1 [preı] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preie, from Latin praeda something seized ] 1.) [singular,U] an animal, bird etc that is hunted and eaten by another animal = ↑predator ▪ a tiger stalking its prey 2.) bird/beast of prey a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prey — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ easy ▪ Teenagers are easy prey for unscrupulous drug dealers. ▪ helpless (esp. AmE), unsuspecting ▪ They watched a hawk swoop down on its unsuspecting prey …   Collocations dictionary

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