vorax

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.raːks/, [ˈu̯ɔräːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.raks/, [ˈvɔːräks]

Adjective

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

1. Voracious; gluttonous.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
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

• vorāginōsus
• vorāgō
• vorātor
• vorātrīna
• vorātus
• vorō

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.