gurges

English

Noun

gurges

  1. plural of gurge

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (whence also vorō). Compare Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”), Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡur.ɡes/, [ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs]

Noun

gurges m (genitive gurgitis); third declension

  1. A whirlpool.
  2. An eddy.
  3. A gulf, or a sea.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gurges gurgitēs
Genitive gurgitis gurgitum
Dative gurgitī gurgitibus
Accusative gurgitem gurgitēs
Ablative gurgite gurgitibus
Vocative gurges gurgitēs

References
  • gurges in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gurges in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gurges in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gurges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be drowned in the eddies: gurgitibus hauriri
  • gurges in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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