voracitas

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τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vŏrācĭtas: ātis, f. vorax,
I greediness, ravenousness, voracity (post-Aug.).
I Lit.: ingluvie et voracitate notabilis, Eutr. 7, 12: asini, App. M. 7, p. 200.—
II Transf., of fire: avidissima, Plin. 2, 107, 111, § 239.