vorago

English

Alternative forms

  • vorrago [19th century]

Etymology

From the Latin vorāgō (abyss); compare vorage.

Pronunciation

Noun

vorago (plural voragoes or voragines)

  1. (now rare) abyss, chasm, gulf

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vorāgō

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈra.ɡo/, [voˈr̺äːɡo̞]
  • Stress: voràgo
  • Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧go

Noun

vorago f (plural voraghi)

  1. (poetic) Alternative form of voragine: abyss, chasm
    • 16th century, Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide [Aeneid], Florence: Leonardo Ciardetti, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, published 1827, Libro VI, page 277:
      Era un'atra spelonca, la cui bocca [] ampia vorago facea di rozza e di scheggiosa roccia.
      There was a dark cave, whose opening made a wide chasm of rough and shardy rock.

Latin

Etymology

From vorō (I devour”, “I eat greedily) + -āgō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /woˈraː.ɡoː/, [wɔˈraː.ɡoː]

Noun

vorāgō f (genitive vorāginis); third declension

  1. abyss

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vorāgō vorāginēs
Genitive vorāginis vorāginum
Dative vorāginī vorāginibus
Accusative vorāginem vorāginēs
Ablative vorāgine vorāginibus
Vocative vorāgō vorāginēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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