vorago
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vorago, voraginis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deep hole, chasm, watery hollow;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...vaga murmura Romae. Ipse loci custos, cuius sacrata vorago famosique lacus nomen memorabile servant, innumeros aeris sonitus..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...saevi spiracula Ditis monstrantur, ruptoque ingens Acheronte vorago pestiferas aperit fauces, quis condita Erinys, invisum numen, terras caelumque..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...lacus putidaeque paludis lividissima maximeque est profunda vorago. insulsissimus est homo, nec sapit pueri instar bimuli tremula patris..."