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Lewis Short
vŏrāgo (noun F) : voro
* An abyss, gulf, whirlpool, depth, chasm.
* Lit., of watery depths: summersus equus voraginibus,Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: vastāque voragine gurges Aestuat,Verg. A. 6, 296; Cat. 17, 26; Curt. 8, 14, 8: explicet se Cotta, si potest, ex hac voragine,Lact. 2, 8, 55.—Of a gulf or chasm in the earth, Liv. 7, 6, 1; Curt. 8, 14, 2.— Poet., of a devouring maw or stomach: ventris,Ov. M. 8, 843.
* Transf.: vos geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,i. e. gulfs,Cic. Pis. 18, 41: gurges et vorago patrimonii,devourer, squanderer, spendthrift,id. Sest. 52, 111: vorago aut gurges vitiorum,abyss,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: avaritia, manifestae praedae avidissima vorago,abyss, gulf,Val. Max. 9, 4 init.
* An abyss, gulf, whirlpool, depth, chasm.
* Lit., of watery depths: summersus equus voraginibus,Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73: vastāque voragine gurges Aestuat,Verg. A. 6, 296; Cat. 17, 26; Curt. 8, 14, 8: explicet se Cotta, si potest, ex hac voragine,Lact. 2, 8, 55.—Of a gulf or chasm in the earth, Liv. 7, 6, 1; Curt. 8, 14, 2.— Poet., of a devouring maw or stomach: ventris,Ov. M. 8, 843.
* Transf.: vos geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae,i. e. gulfs,Cic. Pis. 18, 41: gurges et vorago patrimonii,devourer, squanderer, spendthrift,id. Sest. 52, 111: vorago aut gurges vitiorum,abyss,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23: avaritia, manifestae praedae avidissima vorago,abyss, gulf,Val. Max. 9, 4 init.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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