dē-vorō āvī, ātus, āre, 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.