gurges (noun M) : v. gula; and cf. βάραθρον, vorago
* A raging abyss, whirlpool, gulf (syn.: vorago, barathrum).
* Lit. (class.): non Rheni fossam gurgitibus illis redundantem,Cic. Pis. 33, 81: turbidus hic coeno vastaque voragine gurges Aestuat,Verg. A. 6, 296: multamque trahens sub gurgite arenam Volturnus,Ov. M. 15, 714: alterno procurrens gurgite pontus,Verg. A. 11, 624: per medios gurgites (opp. vada),Liv. 21, 5, 14: deficientibus animis hauriebantur gurgitibus,id. 22, 6, 7: caenosus,the Styx,Juv. 3, 266.
* Transf.
* In gen., waters, stream, sea (poet.): fessos jam gurgite Phoebus Ibero Tingat equos,Verg. A. 11, 913: Euboicus,Ov. M. 9, 227: Carpathius,Verg. G. 4, 387: Atlanteus,Stat. Ach. 1, 223: Tusci,id. S. 4, 5, 4: gurgite ab alto,Verg. A. 6, 310; 7, 704: Herculeus,i. e. the Atlantic, beyond Gibraltar,Juv. 14, 280.
* Of insatiable craving, an abyss; of persons, a spendthrift, prodigal: qui immensa aliqua vorago est, aut gurges vitiorum turpitudinumque omnium,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23; cf.: divitias in profundissimum libidinum gurgitem profundere,id. Sest. 43, 93: gurges ac vorago patrimonii,id. ib. 52, 111; cf.: ille gurges atque heluo, natus abdomini suo,id. Pis. 17, 41: Apicius, nepotum omnium altissimus gurges,Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133.

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