The corpus record — Latin

vorax

vorax · adj

swallowing greedily

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Distribution

Carmina 4 · 3.11/10k
Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.26/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Institutio Oratoria 3 · 0.17/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

Senses

vŏrax — Lewis & Short

swallowing greedily

Attestations

vorax Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 27.10.7
voracis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 30.7.10.p2
vorax Catullus, Carmina lyrics.29.2
vorax Catullus, Carmina lyrics.29.10
voraciore Catullus, Carmina lyrics.33.4
vorax Catullus, Carmina lyrics.57.8

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