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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vagārī	vagātum esse	vagātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		vagāns	vagātus	vagātūrus	—	—	vagandus
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.