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gurges
gurges
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡur.ɡes/, [ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs]
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (whence also vorō).
Noun
gurges m (genitive gurgitis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gurges | gurgitēs |
| genitive | gurgitis | gurgitum |
| dative | gurgitī | gurgitibus |
| accusative | gurgitem | gurgitēs |
| ablative | gurgite | gurgitibus |
| vocative | gurges | gurgitēs |
References
- gurges in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gurges in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- GURGES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gurges”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be drowned in the eddies: gurgitibus hauriri
- to be drowned in the eddies: gurgitibus hauriri
- gurges in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray