vorago Latin · revision 32626

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *gʷo/erh₃-o/h₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɔˈraː.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [voˈraː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vorāgō''' ''f'' (genitive vorāginis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vorō|-āgō|t1=to devour]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary suggests it may come more directly from [[m|la|vorāx|t=devouring]], with the ⟨c⟩ turned into ⟨g⟩ before the nasal suffix.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|vorō]] as a verb formed from a noun or adjective [[itc-pro|*gʷo/erā-]], from [[ine-pro|*gʷo/erh₃-o/h₂-|t=devouring, devoured]], comparing [[sa|गिरति|tr=giráti|t=devours, swallows]] and [[grc|βορά|tr=borá|t=fodder]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) In his work on divination a horse sinks in a quagmire.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a deep hole or chasm, open or in the form of a quagmire, and a watery hollow or whirlpool: Virgil has a vast abyss where a gulf seethes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein distinguishes it and ⟨barathrum⟩, an abyss in water, from ⟨vortex⟩ and ⟨gurges⟩, which suppose moving water.^(Döderlein 1874) Figuratively it is anyone or anything with an endless appetite: Cicero calls a man a boundless abyss and whirlpool of vices.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it breach, chasm, abyss.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a quagmire and of a man who is an abyss of vices.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of a seething gulf.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A deep hole, [[m|en|chasm]], [[m|en|abyss]]; a quagmire; a [[m|en|whirlpool]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Figuratively, a person or thing with an endless appetite.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[voro|alt=vorō]]

+ * [[vorax|alt=vorāx]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}