lurco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lurco, āre, v. a., and lurcor, āri, v. dep. n. [perh. lura, to have a stomach of leather],

to eat voraciously, to devour : lurcare est cum aviditate cibum sumere, Non. 10, 31: lardum, Pomp. ap. Non. 11, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 169 Rib.): ut lurcaretur lardum, Lucil. ib. 11, 2.

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