vagor

See also: vågor

Latin

Etymology 1

From vagus (“wandering, roaming”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡor/, [ˈu̯äɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡor/, [ˈväːɡor]

Verb

vagor (present infinitive vagārī, perfect active vagātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove

   Synonyms: errō, peragrō, pervagor, pererrō, discurrō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, pālor

2. to waver, be unsettled

   Synonyms: errō, dubitō, fluitō, pendeō

   Antonym: cōnstō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vagor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vagor		vagāris, vagāre		vagātur		vagāmur		vagāminī		vagantur
	imperfect	vagābar		vagābāris, vagābāre		vagābātur		vagābāmur		vagābāminī		vagābantur
	future	vagābor		vagāberis, vagābere		vagābitur		vagābimur		vagābiminī		vagābuntur
	perfect	vagātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vagātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vagātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	vager		vagēris, vagēre		vagētur		vagēmur		vagēminī		vagentur
	imperfect	vagārer		vagārēris, vagārēre		vagārētur		vagārēmur		vagārēminī		vagārentur
	perfect	vagātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vagātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vagāre		—		—		vagāminī		—
	future	—		vagātor		vagātor		—		—		vagantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vagārī			—			vagāns			—
future		vagātūrum esse			—			vagātūrus			vagandus
perfect		vagātum esse			—			vagātus			—
future perfect		vagātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		vagātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vagandī		vagandō		vagandum		vagandō		vagātum		vagātū

Derived terms

• dīvagor
• ēvagor
• vagābundus

Related terms

• vagō
• vagus

Descendants

• Asturian: vagar
• French: vaguer
• Galician: vagar
• Italian: vagare
• Portuguese: vagar
• Spanish: vagar
• → English: vagary
• → Polish: wagarować, wagary

Etymology 2

From vāgiō (“cry as a child does”) +‎ -or (suffix forming nouns from verb roots).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯aː.ɡor/, [ˈu̯äːɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡor/, [ˈväːɡor]

Noun

vāgor m (genitive vāgōris); third declension

1. a sound, sounding

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vāgor	vāgōrēs
genitive	vāgōris	vāgōrum
dative	vāgōrī	vāgōribus
accusative	vāgōrem	vāgōrēs
ablative	vāgōre	vāgōribus
vocative	vāgor	vāgōrēs

Related terms

• vāgiō
• vāgītus

References

• “vagor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vagor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vagor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.