English

Alternative forms

• vorrago [19th century]

Noun

vorago ‎(plural voragoes or voragines)

1. (now rare) abyss, chasm, gulf

References

• “‖vorago” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Latin

Etymology

From vorō ‎(“devour; eat greedily”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /woˈraː.ɡoː/

Noun

vorāgō f ‎(genitive vorāginis); third declension

1. abyss

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• vorāginōsus

Related terms

Descendants

• Asturian: braña
• English: vorago
• Italian: voragine
• Old French: vorage
• Spanish: vorágine

References

• vorago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vorago in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VORAGO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)