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|lshtext=<b>gurges</b>: ĭtis, m. v. [[gula]]; and cf. [[βάραθρον]], [[vorago]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[raging]] [[abyss]], [[whirlpool]], [[gulf]] (syn.: [[vorago]], [[barathrum]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): non Rheni fossam gurgitibus illis redundantem, Cic. Pis. 33, 81: [[turbidus]] hic coeno vastaque voragine [[gurges]] Aestuat, Verg. A. 6, 296: multamque trahens sub gurgite arenam [[Volturnus]], Ov. M. 15, 714: [[alterno]] procurrens gurgite [[pontus]], Verg. A. 11, 624: per medios gurgites (opp. vada), Liv. 21, 5, 14: deficientibus animis hauriebantur gurgitibus, id. 22, 6, 7: [[caenosus]], the [[Styx]], Juv. 3, 266.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., waters, [[stream]], [[sea]] ([[poet]].): fessos jam gurgite [[Phoebus]] Ibero Tingat equos, Verg. A. 11, 913: Euboicus, Ov. M. 9, 227: [[Carpathius]], Verg. G. 4, 387: Atlanteus, Stat. Ach. 1, 223: [[Tusci]], id. S. 4, 5, 4: gurgite ab [[alto]], Verg. A. 6, 310; 7, 704: [[Herculeus]], i. e. the [[Atlantic]], [[beyond]] [[Gibraltar]], Juv. 14, 280.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of [[insatiable]] [[craving]], an [[abyss]]; of persons, a spendthrift, [[prodigal]]: qui immensa [[aliqua]] [[vorago]] est, aut [[gurges]] vitiorum turpitudinumque omnium, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 9, § 23; cf.: divitias in profundissimum libidinum gurgitem profundere, id. Sest. 43, 93: [[gurges]] ac [[vorago]] patrimonii, id. ib. 52, 111; cf.: [[ille]] [[gurges]] [[atque]] heluo, [[natus]] abdomini suo, id. Pis. 17, 41: [[Apicius]], nepotum omnium altissimus [[gurges]], Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133.
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