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lurco

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.
lurco (lurcho, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 4; Prob. p. 1455 P.), ōnis, m.,
  • a gormandizer, glutton.—Lit.: lurco, edax, furax, fugax, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16 (420): vivite lurcones, comedones, vivite ventres, Lucil. ap. Non. 11, 9: lastaurum et lurconem et nebulonem popinonemque appellans, Suet. Gram. 15: lurcones capacis gulae homines et bonorum suorum consumptores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120.

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