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helluor

helluor

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What it meant

hellŭor — Lewis & Short

hellŭor (hēluor), ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. and a. [helluo], to gormandize, devour (Ciceron.; cf.: decoquo, abligurio): cum Graecis jam in exostra helluabatur, Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; id. Sest. 52, 111: quasi helluari libris, si hoc verbo in tam clara re utendum est, id. Fin. 3, 2, 7: ille gurges helluatus tecum simul rei publicae sanguine, id. Dom. 47, 124.!*? Helluatus as pass., Verg. Cat. 5, 11.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. helluor (scan p. 315; entry #4958).

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