voragines
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vorago, voraginis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deep hole, chasm, watery hollow;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."