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)

1. (literary) abyssal, voraginous
   • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade‎^[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

• vora
• voragine
• vorago

 

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯o.raː.ɡiˈnoː.soː/, [u̯ɔräːɡɪˈnoːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vo.ra.d͡ʒiˈno.so/, [voräd͡ʒiˈnɔːs̬o]

Adjective

vorāginōsō

1. 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)

1. voraginous

Further reading

• “voraginoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28