voraginoso
Italian
Etymology
From Latin vorāginōsus. By surface analysis, voragin(e) (“abyss”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈno.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: vo‧ra‧gi‧nó‧so
Adjective
voraginoso (feminine voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosi, feminine plural voraginose)
- (literary) abyssal, voraginous
- 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad][1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro XXI, page 457:
- quel divin suo scudo che di limo ¶ giacerà ricoperto in qualche gorgo ¶ voraginoso.
- that divine shield of his that will lie, covered in mud, in some voraginous whirlpool.
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɔ.raː.ɡɪˈnoː.soː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬o]
Adjective
vorāginōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vorāginōsus
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vorāginōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boɾaxiˈnoso/ [bo.ɾa.xiˈno.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: vo‧ra‧gi‧no‧so
Adjective
voraginoso (feminine voraginosa, masculine plural voraginosos, feminine plural voraginosas)
Further reading
- “voraginoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024