LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

vagor1

vagor (present infinitive vagārī, perfect active vagātus sum)
Classical[ˈwa.ɡɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈvaː.ɡor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove
  2. deponentto waver, be unsettled

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

hūc illūc eō sine viā certā
vagor -ārī — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 19
to wander
vagārī — in Seneca, ch. VIII

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Errare · Vagari · Palari

Errare (ἔῤῥειν) is to go astray, πλανᾶσθαι, an involuntary wandering about, when one knows not the right way; vagari and palari, on the other hand, mean a voluntary wandering; vagari, like ἀλᾶσθαι, when one disdains a settled residence, or straight path, and wanders about unsteadily; palari (from pandere?) when one separates from one’s company, and wanders about alone. Erramus ignari, vagamur soluti, palamur dispersi. Tac. H. i. 68. Undique populatio et cædes; ipsi in medio vagi; abjectis armis magna pars, saucii aut palantes in montem Vocetiam perfugiunt. (i. 89.)

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.vagorvagābarvagābor———
2nd sg.vagāris
vagāre		vagābāris
vagābāre		vagāberis
vagābere		———
3rd sg.vagāturvagābāturvagābitur———
1st pl.vagāmurvagābāmurvagābimur———
2nd pl.vagāminīvagābāminīvagābiminī———
3rd pl.vaganturvagābanturvagābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.vagervagārer——
2nd sg.vagēris
vagēre		vagārēris
vagārēre		——
3rd sg.vagēturvagārētur——
1st pl.vagēmurvagārēmur——
2nd pl.vagēminīvagārēminī——
3rd pl.vagenturvagārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.vagāre—
pres. 2nd pl.vagāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.vagātor—
fut. 3rd sg.vagātor—
fut. 3rd pl.vagantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivevagārī—
perfect infinitivevagātum esse—
future infinitivevagātūrum esse—
present participlevagāns—
perfect participlevagātus
vagāta, vagātā, vagātae, vagātam, vagātārum, vagātās, vagāte, vagātī, vagātīs, vagātō, vagātōrum, vagātōs		—
future participlevagātūrus
vagātūra, vagātūrā, vagātūrae, vagātūram, vagātūrārum, vagātūrās, vagātūre, vagātūrī, vagātūrīs, vagātūrō, vagātūrōrum, vagātūrōs, vagātūrum		vagandus
vaganda, vagandā, vagandae, vagandam, vagandārum, vagandās, vagande, vagandīs, vagandōrum, vagandōs
gerundvagandī, vagandō, vagandumsupinevagātum, vagātū

văgor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. n. and a. [vagus], to stroll about, go to and fro, to ramble, wander, roam, range, rove (class.; syn.: erro, palor).
I. Lit.: enim metuo ut possim reicere (boves) in bubile, ne vagentur, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 18: quae (natura) efficiat volucres huc illuc passim vagantes, Cic. Div. 2, 38, 80: cum in agris homines passim bestiarum more vagabantur, id. Inv. 1, 2, 2: tota Asia vagatur, volitat ut rex, id. Phil. 11, 2, 6: volitabit et vagabitur in foro, Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51: toto foro, Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184; id. Font. 15, 33 (11, 23): totā urbe, Verg. A. 4, 68: tibicines feriati vagantur per urbem, Varr. L. L. 6, § 17 Müll.: Germani latius jam vagabantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 6; 1, 2; id. B. C. 1, 59: libera vagandi facultas, Hirt. B. G. 8, 32: qui populabundi in finibus Romanorum vagabantur, Liv. 3, 5, 13; 2, 60, 2: ad quattuor milia hominum frumentatum egressa cum in agris passim vagarentur, id. 36, 39, 20; 3, 58, 11; Ov. F. 1, 545; Quint. 5, 9, 12: canes circum tecta vagantur, Verg. G. 3, 540; id. A. 5, 560: circum vicos ludibundus, Suet. Ner. 26: ultra Terminum curis vagor expeditis, Hor. C. 1, 22, 11.—Of inanimate things: luna isdem spatiis vagatur quibus Sol, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103: stellae sponte suā, jussaene vagentur et errent, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17 (cf.: stellae quae errantes et quasi vagae nominantur, Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 22): late vagatus est ignis, Liv. 5, 42, 2; cf. id. 44, 29, 6.—*
(b). Poet., with acc.: Ino etiam primā terras aetate vagata est, i. e. wandered through the earth, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 19 (al. fugata est).—
II. Trop., to wander about, roam, be unsettled, waver, spread abroad, diffuse itself, etc.: speremus nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26: etiam cum manent corpore, animo tamen excurrunt et vagantur, id. ib. 2, 4, 7: quorum vagetur animus errore, id. Off. 2, 2, 7: ne vagari et errare cogatur oratio, id. de Or. 1, 48, 209: eo fit, ut errem et vager latius, id. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf. id. Div. 1, 40 88: verba ita soluta, ut vagentur, id. de Or. 3, 44, 176; cf. id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13: idcircone vager scribamque licenter, Hor. A. P. 265: non vagans oratio, sed defixa in unā re publicā, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 22: video, qui de agri culturā scripserunt ... latius vagatos, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13: Viennensium vitia inter ipsos residunt, nostra late vagantur, Plin. Ep. 4, 22, 7: ea fama vagatur, is spread abroad, Verg. A. 2, 17; cf. Ov. M. 12, 54: quare mors immatura vagatur, Lucr. 5, 221: vagantibus Graeciae fabulis, i. e. variously related, fluctuating, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin vagor From vagus (“wandering, roaming”) + -or.

Descendants
  • Englishvague
  • Frenchvaguer
  • Italianvagare
  • Portuguesevagar
  • Spanishvagar
  • Englishvagary
  • Asturianvagar
  • Galicianvagar
  • Polishwagarować
  • Polishwagary

In English words that came into English from vagor

  • vagabondvagābundus
  • extravaganceextra
  • vagaryvagor
  • extravagantextravagans
  • astrayextravagari
  • divagatedīvagātus
  • mundivagantmundus
  • solivagantsōlivagāns
  • noctivagantnoctivagans
  • evagateevagor
  • omnivagantvagans
  • evagationēvagātiō
noun · masculinethird declension
vāgor2
vāgor m (genitive vāgōris)
Classical[ˈwaː.ɡɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈvaː.ɡor]

Meaning

  1. a sound, sounding

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevāgorvāgōrēs
genitivevāgōrisvāgōrum
dativevāgōrīvāgōribus
accusativevāgōremvāgōrēs
ablativevāgōrevāgōribus
vocativevāgorvāgōrēs

vāgor, ōris, m. vagio,
I. a sounding, sound: vagorem pro vagitu, Enn. (16, 32): qui clamos oppugnantis vagore volanti, Lucr. (2, 577), Fest. p. 375; cf. Non. 184, 22.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin vāgor From vāgiō (“cry as a child does”) + -or (suffix forming nouns from verb roots).

Quick answers

What does vagor mean in Latin?
vagor, a verb, means “to ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; to waver, be unsettled”.
What are the principal parts of vagor?
vagor, vagārī, vagātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce vagor?
In classical Latin, [ˈwa.ɡɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvaː.ɡor].
Which English words come from vagor?
English words that go back to Latin vagor include extravagance, vagary, mundivagant, omnivagant, vagabond and astray.