voratore

From Late Latin vorātōrem, accusative case of vorātor.
Equivalent to vora(re) (“to devour, eat up”) +‎ -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix)

• IPA^(key): /vo.raˈto.re/, [vor̺äˈt̪o̞ːr̺e]
• Stress: voratóre
• Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧to‧re

voratore m (plural voratori, feminine voratrice) (obsolete, literary)

1. devourer
   • c. 1800, Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno [The Day], Luigi Mussi, published 1803, Mattino, page 48:

     Dunque a la mensa, o tu schifo rifuggi ¶ ogni vivanda, e te medesmo rendi ¶ per inedia famoso, o nome acquista ¶ d'illustre voratore.

     Therefore, at the table, you either disdainfully refuse any food, and make yourself known for your inedia, or you make for yourself a name as a great devourer.

   • Synonyms: divoratore, mangiatore
2. (figuratively) destroyer, annihilator
   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “In morte di ricca e bella signora [For the Death of a Fair and Wealthy Lady]”, in Levia Gravia‎, collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 295:

     Devoti essi a la livida ¶ colpa ed al vorator morbo son già.

     They already are devout to the livid guilt and the devastating illness.

   • Synonyms: annientatore, devastatore, distruttore

vorātōre m

1. ablative singular of vorātor