voracitas

vŏrācĭtas, ātis, f. [vorax], greediness, ravenousness, voracity (post-Aug.).

• I Lit.: ingluvie et voracitate notabilis, Eutr. 7, 12: asini, Ap. Met. 7, 27, 11.—
• II Transf., of fire: avidissima, Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 239.

vorācitās, ātis, f. (vorax), die Gefräßigkeit eines Menschen, Eutr. 7, 18, 2. Augustin. epist. 36, 3: eines Esels, Apul. met. 7, 27: übtr., des Feuers, Plin. 2, 239: des Wassers, Charybdis voracitate devorari (v. Schiffen), Salv. de gub. dei 5, 11, 58.

voracitas [CL], greediness in consumption of or appetite for food or drink, gluttony, voracity (also in fig. context); b (transf.). si per ebrietatem vel ~atem evomerit eucharistiam, xl dies peniteat clericus Egb. Pen. 11. 7; vescor ‥ cibis ‥ cum sobrietate ‥ non cum ~ate, quia non sum gluto Ælf. Coll. 102; mens nimia ~ate pressa puras ad Deum ‥ preces emittere non sinitur Rob. Bridl. Dial. 120; hunc ‥ ~ate quadam lupina ‥ gregis ‥ potius ‥ voratorem quam pastorem ‥ presumendum H. Bos. Thom. III 2; ventris imploras auxilium, cujus ingluvies ‥ sua ~ate mortificat animam P. Blois Ep. 85; 1249 cum ‥ fraudes vulpium et luporum ~ates ‥ grassari conspiciantur Ad. Marsh Ep. 56.  b si ‥ navem hac ‥ transire contigerit, tanta ‥ attrahitur fluctuum violentia ut eam ‥ vis ~atis absorbeat Gir. TH II 14; hii ‥ terribili oris rictu ‥ turmas miserorum ~ate inexplebili lacerabant Ad. Eyns. Visio 24; adeo ‥ flamma crevit quod, cum multi aquas projicerent, ejus ~as magis famelica videretur foveri Mir. Cuthb. Farne 12.

vŏrācĭtās, ātis, f. (vorax), voracité, avidité : Apul. M. 7, 27 || nature dévorante [du feu] : Plin. 2, 239.

voracitas , atis. f.
善吞。貪饕。

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