gurgite

gurgite is a Latin form of gurges, meaning “whirlpool; abyss; flood, sea”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 207 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.106: … teriore brevi convertitur orbe. Et quo sit earum stellarum admirabilior aspectus, has inter veluti rapido cum gurgite flumen torvus Draco serpit supter supraque revolvens sese conficiensque sinus e corpore flexos.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.413: Gurgite quae medio summa tenus exstitit alvo

All forms of gurges (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.