"gurges" meaning in Latin

See gurges in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɡur.d͡ʒes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Possibly a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (whence also vorō), though the exact morphology is unclear. Compare Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”), Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”), Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”) and English craw. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*gʷerh₃-||to devour}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”), {{cog|sa|गर्गर||whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain}} Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”), {{cog|grc|γόργυρα||underground drain; water-pot; trough}} Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”), {{cog|cel-pro|*brāgants||neck; throat}} Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”), {{cog|en|craw}} English craw Head templates: {{la-noun|gurges/gurgit<3>|g=m}} gurges m (genitive gurgitis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gurges/gurgit<3>}} Forms: gurgitis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gurges [nominative, singular], gurgitēs [nominative, plural], gurgitis [genitive, singular], gurgitum [genitive, plural], gurgitī [dative, singular], gurgitibus [dative, plural], gurgitem [accusative, singular], gurgitēs [accusative, plural], gurgite [ablative, singular], gurgitibus [ablative, plural], gurges [singular, vocative], gurgitēs [plural, vocative]
  1. whirlpool Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-gurges-la-noun-8gFVuz2L Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Water Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 33 29 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Water: 45 44 10 0
  2. eddy Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-gurges-la-noun-EDRPuzPP Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Water Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 33 29 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Water: 45 44 10 0
  3. gulf, sea Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-gurges-la-noun-RF3EGAWP Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Water Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 33 29 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 27 27 23 23 Disambiguation of Water: 45 44 10 0
  4. abyss Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-gurges-la-noun-DgYuTC7k Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 33 29 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 27 27 23 23

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gurgite",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: gurgite",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the inflected form gurgitem"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the inflected form gurgitem)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: gurgite (from the inflected form gurgitem)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*gurgus",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gurgus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gurgus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gorg"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gorg",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gorga",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "gorga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gorg, gorga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "gour"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "gour"
          },
          "expansion": "French: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gour",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "gorgozo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Galician: gorgozo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Galician: gorgozo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gorgo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gorgo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gorgo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷerh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to devour"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गर्गर",
        "3": "",
        "4": "whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γόργυρα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "underground drain; water-pot; trough"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*brāgants",
        "3": "",
        "4": "neck; throat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "craw"
      },
      "expansion": "English craw",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (whence also vorō), though the exact morphology is unclear. Compare Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”), Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”), Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”) and English craw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gurgitis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gurges/gurgit<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gurges m (genitive gurgitis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gurges/gurgit<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 44 10 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "la:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whirlpool"
      ],
      "id": "en-gurges-la-noun-8gFVuz2L",
      "links": [
        [
          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 44 10 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "la:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eddy"
      ],
      "id": "en-gurges-la-noun-EDRPuzPP",
      "links": [
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 44 10 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "la:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gulf, sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-gurges-la-noun-RF3EGAWP",
      "links": [
        [
          "gulf",
          "gulf"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The waves leap up, the sea is churned from its lowest abyss, and the hull drinks the white waters. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.591–592",
          "text": "Adsiliunt flūctūs, īmōque ā gurgite pontus vertitur, et cānās alveus haurit aquās."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abyss"
      ],
      "id": "en-gurges-la-noun-DgYuTC7k",
      "links": [
        [
          "abyss",
          "abyss"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡur.d͡ʒes]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gurges"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Water"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gurgite",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: gurgite",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "from the inflected form gurgitem"
          },
          "expansion": "(from the inflected form gurgitem)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: gurgite (from the inflected form gurgitem)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*gurgus",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gurgus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: *gurgus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gorg"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: gorg",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "gorga",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "gorga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: gorg, gorga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "gour"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "gour"
          },
          "expansion": "French: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gour",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: gour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: gour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "gorgozo",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Galician: gorgozo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Galician: gorgozo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "gorgo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: gorgo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: gorgo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷerh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to devour"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गर्गर",
        "3": "",
        "4": "whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γόργυρα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "underground drain; water-pot; trough"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*brāgants",
        "3": "",
        "4": "neck; throat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "craw"
      },
      "expansion": "English craw",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a reduplicated form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”) (whence also vorō), though the exact morphology is unclear. Compare Sanskrit गर्गर (gargara, “whirlpool, eddy; water-jar; subterranean drain”), Ancient Greek γόργυρα (górgura, “underground drain; water-pot; trough”), Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck; throat”) and English craw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gurgitis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gurgitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gurges/gurgit<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gurges m (genitive gurgitis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gurges/gurgit<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whirlpool"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eddy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gulf, sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gulf",
          "gulf"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The waves leap up, the sea is churned from its lowest abyss, and the hull drinks the white waters. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.591–592",
          "text": "Adsiliunt flūctūs, īmōque ā gurgite pontus vertitur, et cānās alveus haurit aquās."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "abyss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abyss",
          "abyss"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʊr.ɡɛs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡur.d͡ʒes]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gurges"
}

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