pelagus

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun
occurrit tellus, maria undique et undique caelum, olli caeruleus supra caput adstitit imber, noctem hiememque ferens, et inhorruit unda tenebris. deest iam terra fugae; pelagus Troiamne petamus?
 * 1) the sea
 * 2) * Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil), Aeneis, liber VI. In: Virgil with an English translation by H. Rushton Fairclough, vol. I of two volumes, 1916, p. 444f.:
 * Ut pelagus tenuere rates nec iam amplius ulla
 * When the ships gained the deep and no longer any land is in sight, but sea on all sides and on all sides sky, then overhead loomed a black raincloud, bringing night and tempest, and the wave shuddered darkling.
 * 1) * Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil), Aeneis, liber X. In: Virgil with an English translation by H. Rushton Fairclough, vol. II of two volumes, 1918, p. 196f.:
 * ecce, maris magna claudit nos obice pontus,
 * Lo! ocean hems us in with mighty barrier of sea; even now earth fails our flight; shall we seek the main or Troy?
 * 1) * Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Suasoriae. In: Stefan Feddern, Die Suasorien des älteren Seneca: Einleitung, Text und Kommentar, 2013, p. 101f.:
 * Immensum et humanae intemptatum experientiae pelagus, totius orbis vinculum terrarumque custodia, inagitata remigio vastitas, litora modo saeviente fluctu inquieta, modo fugiente deserta; taetra caligo fluctus premit, et nescio qui, quod humanis natura subduxit oculis, aeterna nox obruit.
 * 1) * Letter attributed to Pope Callixtus II:
 * In pelagis multarum aquarum crebro cecidi, proximus morti, et evasit codex minime infectus, me exeunte.
 * 1) * 17th century, Aristotealoys problematon tmema to ie, p. 179:
 * "la"

- Quae tamen tolli potest, si dixerimus, comparata aqua in pelagis, id est in medio maris, sed in superficie, cum aqua in profundo medii maris, verissimus esse; [...]


 * 1)  the plain, especially in the Aeneid

Declension

 * In general, is used only in the singular. Rarely, the nominative/accusative/vocative plural form  occurs, borrowed from the Greek original. Likewise rare is the dative/ablative plural.
 * There is also accusative singular, which implies masculine gender. This would have nominative and vocative plural *pelagī and accusative plural *pelagōs instead of pelagē.
 * The Ancient Greek genitive plural is, while the Latin second declension genitive plural ends in -ōrum or contracted in -ûm (also spelled -um).

Descendants

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Other formations:
 * *im-pelag-āre
 * *pelag-ālem
 * *pelag-ittus
 * *pelag-ālem
 * *pelag-ittus
 * *pelag-ittus
 * *pelag-ittus