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1 devorator
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2 Tempus edax rerum
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3 devorator
dēvŏrātor, ōris, m. [id.], a devourer (late Lat.), Tert. Res. carn. 32; Vulg. Sap. 12, 5; id. Luc. 7, 35. -
4 vorago
I.Lit., of watery depths:II.summersus equus voraginibus,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73:vastāque voragine gurges Aestuat,
Verg. A. 6, 296; Cat. 17, 26; Curt. 8, 14, 8:explicet se Cotta, si potest, ex hac voragine,
Lact. 2, 8, 55.—Of a gulf or chasm in the earth, Liv. 7, 6, 1; Curt. 8, 14, 2.— Poet., of a devouring maw or stomach:ventris,
Ov. M. 8, 843.—Transf.:vos geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,
i. e. gulfs, Cic. Pis. 18, 41:gurges et vorago patrimonii,
devourer, squanderer, spendthrift, id. Sest. 52, 111:vorago aut gurges vitiorum,
abyss, id. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23:avaritia, manifestae praedae avidissima vorago,
abyss, gulf, Val. Max. 9, 4 init. -
5 vorator
vŏrātor, ōris, m. [id.], a devourer (late Lat.), Tert. Monog. 8 fin.; id. Jejun. 2 med.; Paul. Nol. Ep. 19, 10.
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