LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vorāginōsus

vorāginōsus (feminine vorāginōsa, neuter vorāginōsum)
Classical[wɔ.raː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of pits, chasms, or abysses; voraginous

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevorāginōsusvorāginōsavorāginōsum
genitivevorāginōsīvorāginōsaevorāginōsī
dativevorāginōsōvorāginōsaevorāginōsō
accusativevorāginōsumvorāginōsamvorāginōsum
ablativevorāginōsōvorāginōsāvorāginōsō
vocativevorāginōsevorāginōsavorāginōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevorāginōsīvorāginōsaevorāginōsa
genitivevorāginōsōrumvorāginōsārumvorāginōsōrum
dativevorāginōsīsvorāginōsīsvorāginōsīs
accusativevorāginōsōsvorāginōsāsvorāginōsa
ablativevorāginōsīsvorāginōsīsvorāginōsīs
vocativevorāginōsīvorāginōsaevorāginōsa

vŏrāgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. vorago,
I. full of pits, chasms, or abysses, voraginous: solum, Auct. B. Hisp. 29: via, App. M. 9, p. 221: amnis, Amm. 24, 6, 7.

Origins

From the oblique stem vorāgin- of vorāgō (“chasm, abyss”) + -ōsus (“-ous”).

Descendants
  • Englishvoraginous
  • Italianvoraginoso

In English words that came into English from vorāginōsus

  • voraginousvorāginōsus

Quick answers

What does vorāginōsus mean in Latin?
vorāginōsus, a adjective, means “full of pits, chasms, or abysses; voraginous”.
How do you pronounce vorāginōsus?
In classical Latin, [wɔ.raː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us].