heluor

hellŭor ( hēluor ), ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [helluo], to gormandize, devour (Ciceron.; cf.:

decoquo, abligurio): cum Graecis jam in exostra helluabatur,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 6, 14; id. Sest. 52, 111:

quasi helluari libris, si hoc verbo in tam clara re utendum est,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 7:

ille gurges helluatus tecum simul rei publicae sanguine,

id. Dom. 47, 124.

► Helluatus as pass.

, Verg. Cat. 5, 11.