gurges

1.

gurges, ĭtis, m. [v. gula; and cf. barathron, vorago], a raging abyss, whirlpool, gulf (syn.: vorago, barathrum).

I.

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.—

II.

Transf.

A.

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.—

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.

2.

Gurges, ĭtis, m., a surname.

I.

Q. Fabius, Q. F. M. N. Gurges, Macr. S. 2, 9.—

II.

Fabius Gurges, Juv. 6, 266.—

III.

C. Volcatius Gurges, Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181.