voraginoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vorāginōsus.
Equivalent to voragin(e) (abyss) + -oso (-ous)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vo.ra.ɡiˈno.zo/, [vor̺äɡiˈn̺oz̪o]
  • Stress: voraginóso
  • Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

voraginoso (feminine singular voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosi, feminine plural voraginose)

  1. (literary) abyssal, voraginous
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro XXI, page 457:
      quel divin suo scudo che di limo ¶ giacerà ricoperto in qualche gorgo ¶ voraginoso.
      that divine shield of his that will lie, covered in mud, in some voraginous whirlpool.

Latin

Adjective

vorāginōsō

  1. dative singular masculine of vorāginōsus
  2. ablative singular masculine of vorāginōsus
  3. dative singular neuter of vorāginōsus
  4. ablative singular neuter of vorāginōsus

Spanish

Adjective

voraginoso (feminine singular voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosos, feminine plural voraginosas)

  1. voraginous
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