vagor

See also: vågor

Latin

Etymology 1

From vagus (wandering, roaming) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Verb

vagor (present infinitive vagārī, perfect active vagātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove
    Synonyms: errō, peragrō, pervagor, pererrō, discurrō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, pālor
  2. to waver, be unsettled
    Synonyms: errō, dubitō, fluitō, pendeō
    Antonym: cōnstō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Asturian: vagar
  • French: vaguer
  • Galician: vagar
  • Italian: vagare
  • Portuguese: vagar
  • Spanish: vagar
  • English: vagary
  • Polish: wagarować, wagary

Etymology 2

From vāgiō (cry as a child does) +‎ -or (suffix forming nouns from verb roots).

Pronunciation

Noun

vāgor m (genitive vāgōris); third declension

  1. a sound, sounding
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vāgor vāgōrēs
genitive vāgōris vāgōrum
dative vāgōrī vāgōribus
accusative vāgōrem vāgōrēs
ablative vāgōre vāgōribus
vocative vāgor vāgōrēs

References

  • vagor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vagor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vagor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.