vorator

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯oˈraː.tor/, [u̯ɔˈräːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈra.tor/, [voˈräːt̪or]

Etymology 1

From vorō (“to devour”) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Noun

vorātor m (genitive vorātōris, feminine vorātrīx); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) devourer (male)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vorātor vorātōrēs
Genitive vorātōris vorātōrum
Dative vorātōrī vorātōribus
Accusative vorātōrem vorātōrēs
Ablative vorātōre vorātōribus
Vocative vorātor vorātōrēs
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italian: voratore

References
  • “vorator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vorator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vorātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of vorō
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