voragine
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vorago, voraginis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deep hole, chasm, watery hollow;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Stygii per flumina fratris, per pice torrentis atraque voragine ripas adnuit et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum. hic finis..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Stygii per flumina fratris, per pice torrentis atraque voragine ripas adnuit, et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum. Ergo aderat..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fert Acherontis ad undas. turbidus hic caeno vastaque voragine gurges aestuat atque omnem Cocyto eructat harenam. portitor..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...gravi derelinquere caeno, ferream ut soleam tenaci in voragine mula. XXI. ad Aurelium Aureli, pater esuritionum, non harum..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...locus fit inanis edendo. 'Iamque fame patrias altique voragine ventris attenuarat opes, sed inattenuata manebat tum quoque dira..."