Gorgo

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔr.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔr.ɡo]

Proper noun

Gorgō f (genitive Gorgonis or Gorgūs); variously declined, third declension, fourth declension

1. the Gorgons, daughters of Phorcus whose hair consisted of snakes

Declension

Third-declension noun or fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō).

	singular	plural
nominative	Gorgō	Gorgonēs
genitive	Gorgonis Gorgūs	Gorgonum
dative	Gorgonī Gorgō	Gorgonibus
accusative	Gorgonem Gorgō	Gorgonēs
ablative	Gorgone Gorgō	Gorgonibus
vocative	Gorgō	Gorgonēs

Derived terms

• gorgoneus
• gorgonia

References

• “Gorgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press