vorax

Latin

Etymology

Derived from vorō (“I devour”) +‎ -āx (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔ.raːks]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.raks]

Adjective

vorāx (genitive vorācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

Voracious; gluttonous.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	vorāx			vorācēs	vorācia
genitive	vorācis			vorācium
dative	vorācī			vorācibus
accusative	vorācem	vorāx		vorācēs	vorācia
ablative	vorācī			vorācibus
vocative	vorāx			vorācēs	vorācia

Derived terms

vorācitās
vorāciter

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: voraç
→ English: voracious
>? Galician: buraz, voraz
Italian: vorace
Occitan: voraç
Portuguese: voraz
Spanish: voraz

References

“vorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vorax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.