Gorgo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γοργώ (Gorgṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.ɡoː/, [ˈɡɔrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.ɡo/, [ˈɡɔrɡo]

Proper noun

Gorgō f (genitive Gorgonis); third declension

1. the Gorgons, daughters of Phorcus whose hair consisted of snakes

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Gorgō	Gorgonēs
genitive	Gorgonis	Gorgonum
dative	Gorgonī	Gorgonibus
accusative	Gorgonem	Gorgonēs
ablative	Gorgone	Gorgonibus
vocative	Gorgō	Gorgonēs

References

• “Gorgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press