to swallow, gulp down, devour, consume: id quod devoratur: Pro epulis auras, O.—To swallow up,
ingulf, absorb: devorer telluris hiatu, O.: vel me Charybdis devoret, O.— To seize greedily,
swallow eagerly, devour: spe praedam: spe devoratum
lucrum.—To repress, suppress, check: lacrimas, O.—To consume, waste: pecuniam:
beneficia Caesaris.—Fig., to swallow, bear patiently, endure:
hominum ineptias: molestiam.—To accept
eagerly, enjoy: illos libros: verbum (voluptatis): eius oratio a
multitudine devorabatur.
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